Burkina Faso Junta Restores Death Penalty

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Burkina Faso's president, Capt. Ibrahim Traore (center), in an armored vehicle in Ouagadougou, October 2, 2022. © 2022 Vincent Bado/Reuters The military junta in Burkina Faso has adopted a bill restoring the death penalty nearly a decade after the West African country abolished the heinous practice. The last known judicial execution in Burkina Faso took place in 1988.On December 4, the junta’s council of ministers approved a bill amending the penal code and reintroducing capital punishment for crimes including “high treason, terrorism and acts of espionage.” Justice…

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