Burkina Faso’s parliament adopted a revised penal code on Tuesday that restores the death penalty, nearly a \u200bdecade after the West African country abolished capital \u200cpunishment, the Justice Ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n
The revised penal code reintroduces the death penalty for crimes including terrorism, espionage, treason \u200band importing expired or banned products that result \u200bin death, state-run media reported.<\/p>\n
The 71-member assembly voted \u2060unanimously for the legislation after Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue \u200bBayala presented the bill on behalf of the government, \u200bthe ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n
Burkina Faso has struggled for years to contain an Islamist insurgency linked to al Qaeda and Islamic \u200bState that has killed thousands of people and displaced millions.<\/p>\n
The \u200bgovernment has presented the change as part of its response to \u200cthat \u2060insurgency, putting it at odds with rights groups that say it could be used against critics.<\/p>\n
Bayala said the relative lenience of the previous penal code helped armed groups \u200brecruit members.<\/p>\n
Human \u200bRights Watch said \u2060when the Council of Ministers first approved the bill last year that reinstating the \u200bdeath penalty could deepen repression, entrench a \u200bclimate \u2060of fear and send a chilling message to critics of the military government.<\/p>\n
Burkina Faso abolished the death penalty in \u20602018. Its \u200blast known judicial execution was \u200bin 1988, according to Amnesty International.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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