Overview

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.

Abolitionist for all crimes

Does not use the death penalty

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Benin: Internet shutdown on election day is a blunt attack on freedom of expression

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Benin: Crackdown on protests and wave of arrests fuel tense election period

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Benin: Amnesty International petitions authorities to commute the sentence of 14 men on death row

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Benin

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