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Zimbabwe: 12 Years Without an Execution - Is Govt Ready to Abolish Death Penalty?
The Conversation Africa, 22 May 2018
At the end of 2017, the world watched with keen interest as President Robert Mugabe was deposed after 37 years of ruinous rule, and replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa, who promised "a… Read more »
Is Zimbabwe Ready to Abolish the Death Penalty?
Former president Robert Mugabe, around the time of his fall from grace, had plans to resume executions. Advertisements were placed to recruit a hangman - a position that had been vacant since 2005. His successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa, on the other hand, has been vocal in his opposition to the death penalty. Significantly, he himself had faced the prospect of being hanged in the colonial era.
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It's not a job for the faint-hearted, but that hasn't stopped more than 50 men and women from applying for a post which has remained vacant since 2005. Rights groups have pleaded ... Read more »
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Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the government will consider eliminating the law because "only God who has the right to take away life". Read more »
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Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa is calling for the removal of the death penalty, saying it is the government's vision and the general feeling of the people that it should be ... Read more »
