The former MDC activist and Tungamirai Madzore, another opposition activist, were arrested for allegedly killing a police ...

The President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, signed into law the Death Penalty Abolition Act (2024) effectively removing ...

Zimbabwe hasn’t executed anyone who was sentenced to death since 2005. With the passing of the Death Penalty Abolition Act ...

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01/08/2025 January 8, 2025 In a historic move, Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, following a decision by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Once sentenced to death himself, Mnangagwa's decision ...

South Africa abolished the death penalty after a 1995 landmark judgement in the famous case of State v Makwanyane where the ...

With the passing of the Death Penalty Abolition Act 2024 on Dec31, Zimbabwe has become the 127th country in the world to end ...

Zimbabwe abolished the death penalty, converting current death sentences to jail terms. The Death Penalty Abolition Act stops courts from issuing death sentences unless during a state emergency.

Zimbabwe hasn’t executed anyone who was sentenced to death since 2005. With the passing of the Death Penalty Abolition Act 2024 on 31 December, Zimbabwe has become the 127th country in the world ...

So, we just believe that [the] death penalty is not proper.” Several human rights groups have been calling for Zimbabwe to abolish the death penalty. Parvais Jabbar, executive director of the ...

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state with immediate effect. Rights group Amnesty hailed the decision as a ...