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Botswana can escape the hangman

The new president, a human rights lawyer, has the opportunity to abolish the death penalty

  • Eyaaz
6 min read
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

5 min read
Some countries such as Tanzania still retain the death penalty

Populist death penalty calls do not pass constitutional muster

These kinds of amendments are regressive and driven by political expediency for short-term gains

  • Des Erasmus
10 min read
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) has replaced its long-standing president, Vuyolwethu Zungula. (@ATMovement_SA/Twitter)

ATM will treat criminals like ‘dogs’ and bring back death penalty, says leader Zungula

If elected, the African Transformation Movement will not play ‘sweethearts’ with criminals and would also not consider their human rights

  • Eyaaz
3 min read
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