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The authorities continued to restrict the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly. Fourteen prisoners remained on death row although the death penalty had been abolished. Civil society groups’ access to prisons was restricted. Benin joined the AU campaign to end child marriage.
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Abolitionist for all crimes
Does not use the death penalty
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