Zimbabwe

Call to Action: African Nations Push to Abolish Death Penalty

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Hope for the region Gambia, Kenya, and Zimbabwehaven’t carried out an execution in over a decade while each country has commuted multiple death sentences in the same period. Kenya has not had an official moratorium on executions since 1987 but has not carried them out. In 2023, Kenya granted 606 commutations of death sentences. Four … Read more

Urgent Call to Stop Repression in Zimbabwe ahead of SADC Meeting

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More than 160 people arrested since mid-June before upcoming SADC summit in Harare Evidence of torture or other ill-treatment “Sets a dangerous tone for the bloc’s commitment to human rights” – Idriss Ali Nassah Zimbabwean authorities must end their crackdown against opposition and civil society members ahead of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit … Read more