Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has granted pardons to 588 convicts held in various facilities across the country.
According to Jack Mwiimb, Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, among the released inmates were eleven elderly persons and a mother carrying a child.
Two death row convicts had their sentences commuted to life, while another inmate’s life sentence was lowered to 35 years in the capital Lusaka.
President Hichilema’s pardoning of the prisoners was in accordance with Article 97 of the national Constitution, which gives the president the power to commute sentences for convicted individuals or to pardon them altogether.
According to the minister, the freed inmates performed well during their rehabilitation, helping them to successfully reintegrate into society.
Human rights groups, in particular, applauded the president’s decision.
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has granted pardons to 588 convicts held in various facilities across the country.
According to Jack Mwiimb, Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, among the released inmates were eleven elderly persons and a mother carrying a child.
Two death row convicts had their sentences commuted to life, while another inmate’s life sentence was lowered to 35 years in the capital Lusaka.
President Hichilema’s pardoning of the prisoners was in accordance with Article 97 of the national Constitution, which gives the president the power to commute sentences for convicted individuals or to pardon them altogether.
According to the minister, the freed inmates performed well during their rehabilitation, helping them to successfully reintegrate into society.
Human rights groups, in particular, applauded the president’s decision.
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has granted pardons to 588 convicts held in various facilities across the country.
According to Jack Mwiimb, Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, among the released inmates were eleven elderly persons and a mother carrying a child.
Two death row convicts had their sentences commuted to life, while another inmate’s life sentence was lowered to 35 years in the capital Lusaka.
President Hichilema’s pardoning of the prisoners was in accordance with Article 97 of the national Constitution, which gives the president the power to commute sentences for convicted individuals or to pardon them altogether.
According to the minister, the freed inmates performed well during their rehabilitation, helping them to successfully reintegrate into society.
Human rights groups, in particular, applauded the president’s decision.
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has granted pardons to 588 convicts held in various facilities across the country.
According to Jack Mwiimb, Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, among the released inmates were eleven elderly persons and a mother carrying a child.
Two death row convicts had their sentences commuted to life, while another inmate’s life sentence was lowered to 35 years in the capital Lusaka.
President Hichilema’s pardoning of the prisoners was in accordance with Article 97 of the national Constitution, which gives the president the power to commute sentences for convicted individuals or to pardon them altogether.
According to the minister, the freed inmates performed well during their rehabilitation, helping them to successfully reintegrate into society.
Human rights groups, in particular, applauded the president’s decision.
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has granted pardons to 588 convicts held in various facilities across the country.
According to Jack Mwiimb, Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, among the released inmates were eleven elderly persons and a mother carrying a child.
Two death row convicts had their sentences commuted to life, while another inmate’s life sentence was lowered to 35 years in the capital Lusaka.
President Hichilema’s pardoning of the prisoners was in accordance with Article 97 of the national Constitution, which gives the president the power to commute sentences for convicted individuals or to pardon them altogether.
According to the minister, the freed inmates performed well during their rehabilitation, helping them to successfully reintegrate into society.
Human rights groups, in particular, applauded the president’s decision.
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has granted pardons to 588 convicts held in various facilities across the country.
According to Jack Mwiimb, Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, among the released inmates were eleven elderly persons and a mother carrying a child.
Two death row convicts had their sentences commuted to life, while another inmate’s life sentence was lowered to 35 years in the capital Lusaka.
President Hichilema’s pardoning of the prisoners was in accordance with Article 97 of the national Constitution, which gives the president the power to commute sentences for convicted individuals or to pardon them altogether.
According to the minister, the freed inmates performed well during their rehabilitation, helping them to successfully reintegrate into society.
Human rights groups, in particular, applauded the president’s decision.
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has granted pardons to 588 convicts held in various facilities across the country.
According to Jack Mwiimb, Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, among the released inmates were eleven elderly persons and a mother carrying a child.
Two death row convicts had their sentences commuted to life, while another inmate’s life sentence was lowered to 35 years in the capital Lusaka.
President Hichilema’s pardoning of the prisoners was in accordance with Article 97 of the national Constitution, which gives the president the power to commute sentences for convicted individuals or to pardon them altogether.
According to the minister, the freed inmates performed well during their rehabilitation, helping them to successfully reintegrate into society.
Human rights groups, in particular, applauded the president’s decision.
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has granted pardons to 588 convicts held in various facilities across the country.
According to Jack Mwiimb, Minister of Home Affairs and Internal Security, among the released inmates were eleven elderly persons and a mother carrying a child.
Two death row convicts had their sentences commuted to life, while another inmate’s life sentence was lowered to 35 years in the capital Lusaka.
President Hichilema’s pardoning of the prisoners was in accordance with Article 97 of the national Constitution, which gives the president the power to commute sentences for convicted individuals or to pardon them altogether.
According to the minister, the freed inmates performed well during their rehabilitation, helping them to successfully reintegrate into society.
Human rights groups, in particular, applauded the president’s decision.
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