The high commissioners of Britain, Canada and Australia saw fit to lecture Botswana on its use of capital punishment last Thursday. This reeks of neocolonialism. Have they ever considered lecturing Japan over the use of capital punishment?
The executions of two men convicted of murder in Botswana a week ago, both of which were for killing women, should be applauded. Botswana has once again demonstrated its intolerance of barbarism and savagery...
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