TANZANIA: HIGH COURT RULES TO UPHOLD THE DEATH PENALTY
Tanzanian High Court on 18 July 2019 ruled to uphold or keep the death penalty, stating that there is not enough evidence to challenge the death penalty, which means that it will remain in place and operating.
Tanzanian High Court on 18 July 2019 ruled to uphold or keep the death penalty, stating that there is not enough evidence to challenge the death penalty, which means that it will remain in place and operating.
Human rights activists in Tanzania grouped in ‘Tanzania Legal and Human Rights center’ had filed a complaint saying it is unconstitutional as it breaches the right to life.
But on 18 July the High Court judged to keep it despite the outcry of the Human Rights activists.
BBC reports that some 500 convicts in Tanzania’s jails face the death penalty or have seen their sentences changed to life prison terms.
Tanzanian laws state the crime and murder are punishable by the death penalty, even though since 1994 no one has been executed, BBC added.
- (Sources: regionweek.com, 18/07/2019)
On the same front
IRAN - Aziz Roshanayi executed in Shiraz on September 2
Pakistan: ASI sentenced to death for killing two brothers in Swabi
Bangladesh: HC confirms death sentence of lone accused for rape, murder of 8-year-old Asiya
IRAN - Mojtaba Salahi Laghani executed in Rasht on September 2
Pakistan: Man sentenced to death, brother gets life term for double murder in 2021
