Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has pardoned thousands of inmates to make room in the country's overcrowded, cash-strapped prisons. The move is "set to decongest national prisons and promote better ...
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 ...
Zimbabwe has begun releasing over 4,000 inmates under presidential amnesty amid debate over constitutional term extension.
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Zimbabwe frees nearly 4 000 inmates

Zimbabwe on Monday began releasing nearly 4 000 inmates who were granted presidential amnesty in a bid to ease overcrowding ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
HARARE - Zimbabwean prisoners Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu were badly beaten by prison guards at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison on Wednesday after they were caught with mobile phones in their ...
Speaking to host DJ Sbu, Chin’ono recalled spending 45 difficult days behind bars. He believes his eventual release was ...
Global tourism Hero Dr. Walter Mzembi’s appeal for release from his Zimbabwe prison cell on bail was again denied in Zimbabwe. High Court Justice Maxwell Dembure, appointed by Zimbabwe’s long-time ...
Nearly 4 000 Zimbabwean prisoners released under amnesty programme announced alongside controversial constitutional amendments.