Zimbabwe officially abolished the death penalty Tuesday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law an act that will ...

Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago ...

Zimbabwe last hanged a person convicted of murder almost 20 years ago [] Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved ...

In a statement, the organization urged Zimbabwe to go further by removing the state of emergency clause.

According to Amnesty International, about three-quarters of countries in the world use capital punishment. It says 24 African countries have fully abolished the death penalty, among 113 countries ...

Rights group Amnesty International praised the decision ... the organisation expressed concern over a clause that allows the death penalty to be reinstated during a state of emergency.

According to Amnesty International, about three-quarters of countries in the world use capital punishment. It says 24 African countries have fully abolished the death penalty, among 113 countries ...

Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the abolition of the death penalty ... law. Amnesty said the move was not "just great progress" for Zimbabwe but also a "major milestone" in international ...

The Death Penalty Abolition Act ... were known to be under a death sentence in Zimbabwe at the end of 2023, Amnesty International said in a statement welcoming the new act as an "historic moment".

Amnesty International said in a statement welcoming the new act as an "historic moment". "We urge the authorities to now swiftly move to a full abolition of the death penalty by removing the ...

M’nangagwa once faced death penalty in the 1960s during the war of liberation known as “Chimurenga.” Lucia Masuka, the executive director of Amnesty International in the country, applauded ...