The Central African National Assembly on Friday voted by acclamation to abolish the death penalty, announced the President of the Assembly, in a country in civil war where the last capital execution dates back to 1981. by acclamation the law abolishing the death penalty in the Central African Republic”, affirmed in front of the deputies Simplice Mathieu Sarandji, under the applause.

The law has yet to be promulgated by the President of the Republic, Faustin Archange Touadéra.

The Central African Republic, the second poorest country in the world according to the UN, has been ravaged since 2013 by a civil war which has nevertheless considerably decreased in intensity since 2018.

The last execution dates back to 1981

"The last capital execution in the Central African Republic dates from 1981," Ghislain Junior Mordjim, secretary general of the National Assembly, told AFP.

The Central African Republic joins the list of African countries that have abolished the death penalty in recent years on the continent, after Chad in 2020, and Sierra Leone in 2021.

“Good news, the National Assembly of the Central African Republic has just voted to abolish the death penalty,” reacted in a tweet the NGO Amnesty International, which campaigns for the ban on capital punishment.

“We invite the President (…) to promulgate this law”.

This is wonderful news.

Thank you to President@HHichilema for demanding that the Parliament removes death penalty.

Thank you as well for commuting the death sentences of 30 death row prisoners.

Now MPs must take this crucial step for Zambia protection of the right to life https://t.co/AOesH28b3R


— Agnes Callamard (@AgnesCallamard) May 26, 2022

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“We are very satisfied, but aware that we will have to raise public awareness,” lawyer Bruno Gbiegba, advocacy coordinator for the abolition of the death penalty in the Central African Republic, told AFP.

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