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Zimbabwe's president approves law abolishing death penalty

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has approved a law that abolishes the death penalty in the southern African state with immediate effect.
 
Rights group Amnesty hailed the decision as a "beacon of hope for the abolitionist movement in the region", but expressed regret that the death penalty could be reinstated during a state of emergency.
 
Mnangagwa's move comes after Zimbabwe's parliament voted earlier in December to scrap the death penalty.
 
                        


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