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- Sierra Leone parliament abolishes death penalty
Sierra Leone (Saturday, 24 July) - MPs in Sierra Leone have unanimously agreed to get rid of the death penalty, the BBC's Umaru Fofana reports. The sentence will be replaced by life imprisonment, according to the... - Umeoji’s campaign launch: Ex-Vice President of Sierra Leone to lead African leaders to event Sierra Leone (Saturday, 24 July) - As all mobilisation and preparations gets set for the official flagoff of the governorship campaign of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA governorship candidate, Hon. Chukwuma ......
- West Africa: Lawmakers vote to abolish death penalty in Sierra Leone | Latest World English News Sierra Leone (Saturday, 24 July) - Lawmakers in Sierra Leone, on Friday, voted unanimously to abolish colonial-era death penalty laws. This country is the 23rd African country to ban the practice. The country's constitution had allowed...
- Sierra Leone's Parliament Unanimously Votes To Abolish Colonial-era Death Penalty Laws Sierra Leone (Saturday, 24 July) - Sierra Leone's parliament, on Friday, unanimously voted to abolish the colonial-era death penalty laws. At least 54 independent Africa have abolished such laws....
- Campaigners hail historic Sierra Leone move to end death penalty Sierra Leone (Saturday, 24 July) - Human rights campaigners have hailed a “historic” decision by Sierra Leone’s Parliament to unanimously vote to abolish the death penalty, more than 20 years after the West African country carried...
- Sierra Leone prez signs law abolishing death penalty Sierra Leone (Saturday, 24 July) - Sierra Leone president, Julius Maada Bio, has signed a law permanently abolishing the death penalty in the West African country....
- Death penalty no more in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone (Saturday, 24 July) - Sierra Leone's president said he would sign the abolition of capital punishment, fulfilling a personal campaign pledge. Some 99 people in the country are currently sitting on death row....
- Sierra Leone parliament votes to abolish death penalty Sierra Leone (Friday, 23 July) - Sierra Leone's parliament voted unanimously on Friday to repeal the death penalty more than two decades after the West African country carried out its last execution....
- Sierra Leone authorities planning to ban death penalty Sierra Leone (Friday, 23 July) - Sierra Leonean lawmakers voted to abolish the death penalty Friday, becoming the latest African country to move towards banning capital ......
- Sierra Leone abolishes death penalty Sierra Leone (Friday, 23 July) - MPs vote unanimously for abolition, making it the 23rd African state to end capital punishment ......
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