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Burkina Faso : le nouveau Code pénal rétablit la peine de mort, pour 5 types de crime

📍 Burkina Faso, BF·🕐 5d ago·7 outlets

Le Burkina Faso a de nouveau la peine capitale dans sa législation. Mardi 20 octobre 2026, l’Assemblée législative du peuple (ALP) a adopté à l’unanimité de ses 71 membres un nouveau Code pénal qui la réintroduit. Le pays l’avait supprimée le 31 mai 2018, sous la présidence de Roch Marc Christian Kaboré. Selon l’Agence d’information…

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[Claude] All three other reports cover the same October 20, 2026 unanimous adoption of Burkina Faso's new Penal Code restoring the death penalty, with no conflicting facts.

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