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Burkina Faso: Plans to reinstate death penalty must be stopped

By Amnesty International

Responding to an announcement on 04 December that Burkina Faso’s government has decided to reintroduce the death penalty seven years after it was abolished for ordinary crimes as part of a reform of the Penal Code, Marceau Sivieude, Amnesty International’s Regional Director for West and Central Africa said: “The death penalty is the ultimate cruel, […] The post Burkina Faso: Plans to reinstate death penalty must be stopped appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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