Zimbabwe Grants Amnesty to Over 4,000 Prisoners on Independence Day

The amnesty, part of efforts to decongest prisons, excludes inmates convicted of severe crimes like murder and armed robbery.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's independence day amnesty marks Zimbabwe's 44th year of independence from white minority rule.
The amnesty benefits prisoners including the elderly, juveniles, the terminally ill, and those previously on death row.
Excluded from the amnesty are prisoners convicted of severe offenses such as sexual crimes, robbery, and public violence.
This is the second amnesty in less than a year aimed at addressing overcrowding in Zimbabwe's prisons.
Mnangagwa supports abolishing the death penalty, with recent moves awaiting parliamentary approval.