Thousands of prisoners across the country are regaining their freedom after President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa granted an amnesty aimed at easing overcrowding and supporting rehabilitation. Justice ...

Thousands of prisoners across Zimbabwe have begun regaining their freedom after President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa granted clemency under Clemency Order No. 1 of 2026, targeting inmates considered ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners, including some who were on death row, in an independence day amnesty on Thursday. Zimbabwe ...

Zimbabwe has begun releasing over 4,000 inmates under presidential amnesty amid debate over constitutional term extension.

Zimbabwe on Monday began releasing nearly 4 000 inmates who were granted presidential amnesty in a bid to ease overcrowding ...

Zimbabwe’s justice system is facing a profound crisis, one that strikes at the very heart of constitutional governance and human rights. Despite clear constitutional guarantees of liberty, the ...

The Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) has begun releasing inmates recently pardoned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa under the latest presidential amnesty. More than 4,000 inmates were ...

The Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison in Harare is crumbling at the seams, assailed by overcrowding and a critical shortage of medicines, food and other basics as the economically-crippled country ...

The National Assembly has implored the Government to address the deplorable conditions in prison facilities across the country. This follows a recent pardon by President Emmerson Mnangagwa of more ...

Human rights groups have condemned Zimbabwe's prisons as hell-holes that subject prisoners to slow starvation and possible death due to poor conditions. Responding to the shocking images that emerged ...

Nearly 4 000 Zimbabwean prisoners released under amnesty programme announced alongside controversial constitutional amendments.