Amnesty International on Tuesday called on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to halt the planned execution of 170 ...

Amnesty International has expressed grave concern over reports of more than 170 individuals being transferred to Angenga prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for execution. The transfers ...

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed a law abolishing the death penalty with immediate effect. The abolition takes immediate effect, making Zimbabwe the latest African country to ...

Amnesty International denounced Taiwan's execution of Huang Linkai on Thursday, calling the event a 'shameful setback' as it ...

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

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Amnesty international on Wednesday appealed to DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi to halt the executions of scores of people sentenced to death for belonging to criminal gangs.

On November 16, Besigye disappeared in Nairobi, Kenya, while attending a book launch of lawyer and local opposition ...

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, authorities have opted to implement the death penalty as a response to the surge in ...

It's not fair at all.” Amnesty International said Zimbabwe joins 24 countries across sub-Saharan Africa that have abolished the death penalty for all crimes, while two additional countries have ...

Amnesty International said in a statement welcoming the new act as an "historic moment". "We urge the authorities to now swiftly move to a full abolition of the death penalty by removing the ...

Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the abolition of the death penalty ... law. Amnesty said the move was not "just great progress" for Zimbabwe but also a "major milestone" in international ...