This doument summarizes each of the 16 ECOWAS countries' legislation on the death penalty, provides information on the most recent executions and convictions and ...
Norbert Zongo, a prominent journalist and human rights defender, was killed in December 1998. His death sparked off widespread social unrest and calls for an end ...
In a continuing pattern of harassment and intimidation, six members of a coaltion of political parties, human rights organizations, trade unions, journalists' and ...
News Service: 099/99. AI INDEX: AFR 60/02/99. 20 May 1999. Burkina Faso: Those responsible for the death of Norbert Zongo must be brought to justice. ...