Tlhabologang Mauwe and Gwara Brown Motswetla were granted a stay of execution on 15 January 1999 while arguments are heard about the constitutionality of the death penalty.

Tlhabologang Mauwe and Gwara Brown Motswetla are due to be executed on 16 January 1999 after the President of Botswana refused to commute their sentences.

Tlhabologang Mauwe and Gwara Brown Motswetla: Although no date has yet been set for the execution of Tlhabologang Mauwe and Gwara Brown Motswetla, AI fears that they will face certain death unless imminent action is taken to ensure that they are granted clemency. This decision is likely to be made...

The five men named above were hanged on 26 August 1995. All appeals for clemency failed. AI opposes the death penalty in all cases and regrets that the President did not choose to exercise his right to grant clemency in these cases.

The three men named above, who were were sentenced to death for murder in February 1995, are facing execution after their appeal for clemency was turned down on 10 July 1995.