REGIONAL FOCUS AFRICA


The DPP has been working with NGOs and local lawyers in English-speaking African countries since 2003, representing prisoners under sentence of death in countries including Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Zambia and Zimbabwe.


In the past five years, as a result of legal challenges we have supported through our strong local partnerships, the mandatory death penalty has been abolished in Uganda, Malawi and Kenya; 4,000 death sentences have been commuted in Kenya and more than 160 in Uganda; and all prisoners on death row in Kenya, Uganda and Malawi are entitled to resentencing hearings.


We continue to work with local partners in assisting those prisoners whose death sentences have been quashed, compiling evidence and preparing papers for sentencing hearings in order to ensure they receive a fair trial.


10 The Death Penalty Project: 2006 – 2011 report


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