BOTSWANA
February 9, 2001: Hands off Cain launched a campaign in support of Marietta Bosch, a South African woman condemned to hang in Botswana. Appeals were sent to the Presidents of Botswana and South Africa among others.
Hands off
Cain appealed to Botswana President
Festus Mogae to concede pardon to
Marietta Bosch, whose appeal against
capital punishment on a conviction for
murder was turned down by a panel
of judges from Commonwealth
countries.
The anti-death penalty association
petitioned Mogae to introduce a
moratorium on capital executions with
a view to the complete abolition of the
death penalty.
The case was brought to the attention
of the governments of the judges’
native countries, requesting support
especially from the abolitionist
countries. Hands off Cain wrote to the
British and Commonwealth Foreign
Secretary Robin Cook, the President
of South Africa Thabo Mbeki, the
President of Nigeria Olusegun
Obasanjo and the President of
Zimbabawe Robert Mugabe, asking
them to intervene with President
Mogae in favour of Marietta Bosch.
Mogae has yet to concede a pardon
for a death sentence.
— SOURCES
- Hands off Cain, 09/02/2001