Zimbabwe: Further information: Death penalty: Timothy Mhlanga, Martin Bechani Bakaka, Luke Kingsize Chiliko, John Chakara Zacharia Marichi

The four men named above who were due to be executed in Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare on 16 March 1993 have had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. The decision was taken on 24 June 1993 at the hearing of an appeal lodged in the Supreme Court by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace.

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