Zimbabwe:   Govt Considers Scrapping Death Penalty

New Zimbabwe, 24 February 2016

VICE PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says government will consider scrapping the death penalty. Read more »

Zimbabwe:   VP Mnangagwa Arrives in Rome

The Herald, 22 February 2016

VICE President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived here yesterday to attend the 9th International Meeting of Justice Ministers on the abolition of the death penalty. VP Mnangagwa oversees… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Death Penalty Is Cruel, Inhumane - Traditional Leaders

News24Wire, 20 January 2016

Zimbabwe's traditional chiefs have unanimously voted to have the death penalty scrapped, claiming that it was against their traditional beliefs, reports said on Wednesday. Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Scrap Death Penalty, Chiefs Urge Govt

The Herald, 20 January 2016

TRADITIONAL leaders have urged Government to do away with the death penalty. The chiefs said capital punishment was not cultural, but a relic of the colonial era. The traditional… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Traditional Leaders Call for Abolition of Death Penalty

New Zimbabwe, 19 January 2016

TRADITIONAL Chiefs from Mashonaland Central and East Monday endorsed the abolition of the death penalty in Zimbabwe, arguing that their ancestors never practiced the "cruel and… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Zimbabwe Struggles to Find Hangman, Inmates Seek Concourt Intervention

News24Wire, 15 January 2016

Ten years since Zimbabwe's last hangman retired, there has been no one "willing" to fill the post, as locals view the job as "demeaning", according to a report. Read more »

Zimbabwe:   The Oracle - Death Penalty - We've No Right to Play God

Zimbabwe Standard, 17 January 2016

Zimbabwe's last hangman -- some say he was of Malawian origin while others say he was a former Zambian police officer -- retired after carrying out his last job on the two… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Abolish Death Penalty, Urges Biti's PDP As Prisoners Wait 20 Years for Hangman

New Zimbabwe, 13 January 2016

THE opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) has urged government to consider an abolition of capital punishment as it breaches the country's constitution. Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Death Row Inmates Cry Foul Over Jail Conditions

The Herald, 14 January 2016

A Government lawyer yesterday told the court that prisons in Zimbabwe are in a bad state and that condemned inmates who have spent years awaiting execution are languishing under… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   16 Death Row Inmates Challenge Law

The Herald, 11 January 2016

At least 16 death row inmates, who have spent between four and 18 years awaiting their fate, have challenged their pending execution on the basis that the current legal framework… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   15 Death Row Inmates Hire Biti's for Constitutional Court Fight

New Zimbabwe, 10 January 2016

Opposition politician and Harare lawyer Tendai Biti has been hired by 15 death row prison inmates to represent them in a case in which they want the Constitutional Court to commute… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   No to Death Penalty - Artist

The Herald, 22 December 2015

A Gweru-based prison officer-cum-sculptor/musician, Innocent Magwere has come up with a sculpture which denounces the long condemned death penalty. The sculpture, with the theme… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   15 Death-Row Inmates Want Sentence Outlawed, Case At Concourt This Week

New Zimbabwe, 27 October 2015

A GROUP of 15 death-row inmates with the support of a local rights lobby group Veritas have approached the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) seeking stay of execution and the… Read more »

Zimbabwe:   Death Penalty Challenged At Concourt

Financial Gazette, 29 October 2015

THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) last week started hearing three cases in which death row prisoners are challenging the constitutionality of the death penalty, while those… Read more »