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Some countries such as Tanzania still retain the death penalty

Abolish the death penalty in Africa

The African Court ruling on Tanzania’s mandatory death penalty ruled that sentencing someone to death by hanging violates Article 5 of the African Charte

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In defiance of a judgment by the African court on human and peoples’ rights,capital punishment remains — even if death sentences are never executed

The death penalty is alive and well in Tanzania

In defiance of a judgment by the African court on human and peoples’ rights,capital punishment remains — even if death sentences are never executed

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read