The South African country of Zimbabwe has officially canceled the death penalty, with the sentence of nearly 60 prisoners who were sentenced to death after President Emerson Monangagwa signed a law.
AFP reported this news in a report on Tuesday (December 31).
Zimbabwe last executed the death penalty in 2005. Although courts of crimes such as murder, treason and terrorism, Continuing to deliver the death penalty.
According to Amnesty International's calculations, at the end of 2023 There were about 60 people sentenced to death in Zimbabwe.
The death penalty abolition law, published in the official notification on Tuesday, said the court for no more crimes No death penalty can be imposed for and any existing death penalty must be converted to imprisonment.
Amnesty International in a statement called the new law a historic moment.
However, the death penalty suspension can be withdrawn during the emergency situation.
The international human rights organization said, we are now on the authority of the authorities to abolish the death penalty. I request you to proceed.The clause included in the amendment of the bill allows the use of death penalty for the period of emergency.
In the meantime, the abolition of the law, Zimbabwe's Justice Minister Ziyambie Zimbi said, "The abolition of the death penalty is more than a legal reform, a statement of our commitment to justice and humanity."
