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BURKINA FASO RESTORES DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISM AND TREASON AS ALL 71 LAWMAKERS BACK NEW PENAL CODE

Burkina Faso’s transitional parliament has unanimously approved a revised penal code restoring the death penalty eight years after capital punishment was removed from the country’s criminal law. All 71 lawmakers backed the measure, which covers terrorism, espionage, treason, parricide and the importation of expired or prohibited goods resulting in death. Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala says the tougher penalties are intended partly to deter recruitment by armed groups, while Human Rights Watch and other rights organisations warn that capital punishment could worsen repression and fair-trial concerns. AN