Zimbabwe benådar över 4 000 fångar

zimbabwe benådar över 4 000 fångar

Zimbabwes president Emmerson Mnangagwa. Arkivbild.

Zimbabwes president Emmerson Mnangagwa har benådat över 4 000 fångar som en del av firandet att landet har varit självständigt i 44 år.

Amnestin rör kvinnliga fångar som avtjänat en tredjedel av strafftiden. Även fångar över 60 år som avtjänat en tiondel av det utdömda straffet benådades, liksom vissa unga fångar.

Ett antal fångar som en gång dömts till döden fick sina straff omvandlade till livstids fängelse.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa hedrar genom amnestin den frihetskamp då Zimbabwe 19080 lyckades göra sig fri från ett rasistiskt minoritetsstyre som förtryckte den svarta majoriteten efter en lång väpnad konflikt. Dåvarande Rhodesia bytte då namn till Zimbabwe.

Efter fortsatta inre oroligheter lyckades Robert Mugabe och partiet Zanu-PF säkra en närmast totalitär och ofta brutal makt som han behöll med järnhand fram till 2017 då han störtades av militär.

Den nuvarande presidenten Emmerson Mnangagwa, som genomförde en lika stor amnesti för ett år sedan, tillhör också partiet Zanu-PF.

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