rtokens: President Robert Mugabe 's government has resisted pressure from local and international human rights groups to abolish the death sentence .
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tokens: A statement said Piniel Sindiso Ncube was hanged at dawn .
ltokens: Zimbabwe hanged a convicted murderer on Friday , bringing to eight the number of executions carried out in the past year .