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Zimbabwe Prison Amnesty Sparked by Hunger

The poor quality of the country's 46 prisons and the risk of starvation has forced the government to release more than 2000 prisoners.

  • Zimbabwe:   Mugabe Prison Amnesty Forced By Hunger

    New Zimbabwe, 18 February 2014

    THE presidential pardon which will see the release of more than 2000 prisoners was forced by the increasingly dire situation in the country's 46 prisons and the risk of starvation… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Clemency - Cops On Their Toes

    The Herald, 19 February 2014

    Police have appealed to the hundreds of inmates who benefited from a Presidential this week to abandon the life of crime and walk on the straight and narrow. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Prisons to Free 2 000 Today

    The Herald, 17 February 2014

    More than 2 000 serving inmates, mostly females and juveniles, are expected to walk out of the country's prisons free today after benefiting from the Presidential pardon.President… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Several Pardoned Inmates Re-Arrested

    New Zimbabwe, 17 February 2014

    PRISON authorities started releasing some of the 2,000 prisoners pardoned by President Robert Mugabe on Monday in an effort to ease overcrowding in the nation's prisons, which face… Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Mugabe Pardons 2,000 Prisoners

    SW Radio, 17 February 2014

    2,000 prisoners are expected to have walked to freedom by the end of this week, following an amnesty order by President Robert Mugabe. Read more »

  • Zimbabwe:   Mugabe Frees Prisoners As Cash Crunch Bites

    New Zimbabwe, 16 February 2014

    PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe on Sunday ordered the release of thousands of prisoners to ease overcrowding in the country's prisons at a time the government's finances are desperately… Read more »

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Ruvimbo Chakanyuka

Some terminally ill prisoners are also being set free.

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