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Burkina Faso's parliament unanimously votes to reinstate the death penalty

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Burkina Faso's parliament has reinstated the death penalty for crimes such as terrorism, espionage, and treason through a new penal code adopted on Tuesday with unanimous support from all 71 members present. Justice Minister Edasso Rodrigue Bayala announced the decision during the vote.

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Burkina Faso’s parliament unanimously voted on October 21, 2026, to reinstate the death penalty for crimes including terrorism, espionage, and treason. All 71 members of the legislature supported this move, adopting a new penal code that reverses the abolition of capital punishment which had been in place since 2018 under the previous democratically elected president Roch Marc Christian Kabore. The country’s justice minister, Edasso Rodrigue Bayala, announced the decision. Human Rights Watch noted that the last known execution in Burkina Faso occurred in 1988 and criticized the reinstatement as repressive and an attempt to suppress dissent.

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The parliament in the West African junta-run nation of Burkina Faso has adopted a new penal code reinstating the death penalty for crimes including terrorism, espionage and treason. asserted

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According to the country’s justice minister, Edasso Rodrigue Bayala, all 71 members of the Burkina Faso legislature unanimously voted in favor of adopting the new penal code on Tuesday. uncertain

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