Over 3000 prisoners on death row, says LHRC

Over 3000 prisoners on death row, says LHRC
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WHILE it has been 20 years since the last execution of an inmate in the country, there are 3,892 prisoners on death row as human rights activists joined hands in commemorating the World Day against the Death Penalty. Speaking to journalists on Friday, the ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

11 years ago

TheCitizen

16 Jul

Ex-convict sues govt over death of prisoners

A former convict who was released last month has asked court to compel the minister of Internal Affairs, Gen. Aronda Nyakairima to institute an inquiry into the alleged death of two prisoners at Kirinya Prison in 2009.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Ethiopian 'extradited' to death row

An Ethiopian opposition leader, sentenced to death while in exile for plotting a coup, has been extradited from Yemen to Ethiopia, his group says.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

07 Jul

14 on death row over albino killings

14 on death row over albino killings
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THE crackdown by the police on syndicates behind abductions, mutilations and killings of people with albinism has netted 133 suspects, 14 of whom have been convicted and sentenced to death, Home Affairs Minister Mathias Chikawe disclosed. “A total of ...

 

11 years ago

BBC

From death row to graduation ceremony

An inmate at a high security prison in Kenya graduates with a diploma in common law.

 

11 years ago

Daily News

03 Apr

Death row inmates keep increasing

Death row inmates keep increasing
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LACK of proper procedures to handle inmates on death row in the country is weighing heavily on the Prisons Department budget and adding to the problem of congestion. The inmates who are waiting to be executed live in agony and despair of not knowing ...

 

11 years ago

BBC

Sudan death row woman 'to be freed'

The mother facing the death penalty in Sudan for abandoning her religious faith is to be freed in a few days, a senior Sudanese official says.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Sudan death row woman 're-arrested'

A Sudanese woman freed from death row on Monday has been arrested with her family at Khartoum airport, sources tell the BBC.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Sudan husband in death row hope

The husband of a woman on death row in Sudan for abandoning her religious faith tells the BBC about seeing their new baby and his hopes for an appeal.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Sudan death row woman freed again

Sudanese woman Meriam Ibrahim, whose death sentence for marrying a Christian was overturned, is freed from jail again.

 

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