December 11
Mozambique: Escalating Death Toll As More Than 30 Killed in Protests Over Last Week
For more than 50 days, Mozambique's Frelimo-led government has refused to end its bloody crackdown on protesters Read more »
Mozambique: More Than 30 Killed in One Week As Protest Death Toll Reaches 110
Responding to reports from Mozambican civil society groups that the death toll during protests has reached at least 110, with 34 people killed in the last week alone, Amnesty… Read more »
November 14
Southern Africa: SADC Must Take Strong Stand Against Spiralling Police Killings and Assault On Peaceful Assembly
Responding to the apparent police killings of seven people amid post-election protests in Nampula on 13 November 2024, Amnesty International Deputy Regional Director for East and… Read more »
November 06
Mozambique: End Violent Post-Election Crackdown Ahead of 7 November Maputo March
Ahead of a major opposition march planned for 7 November in Maputo following disputed elections, Mozambique's Frelimo-led government must halt its violent and widespread crackdown… Read more »
October 31
Mozambique: Authorities Must End Post-Election 'Assault' On Protests Now
Police have cracked down on opposition protests with live bullets, tear gas and arbitrary arrests Read more »
October 18
Mozambique: 'Stop Shooting At Peaceful Political Rallies' - Rights Group Urges Govt
Responding to reports that police in Mozambique's Nampula city fired at and detained supporters of opposition presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane at a rally following… Read more »
August 08
Mozambique: Mozambique - Sentencing of Six Police Officers for Shooting Protesters 'A Step Towards Justice'
Convictions follow shooting near Banhine National Park in 2020 Victims deserve reparations reflecting severity of crimes Read more »
June 07
Mozambique: Authorities Must Promptly Investigate Arrest of Journalist While Covering Demonstration
Mozambican authorities must immediately investigate the arrest of journalist and human rights defender, Sheila Wilson, while she was broadcasting live from a demonstration on 4… Read more »
April 30
Mozambique: Mozambique - Spotlighting IDPs' Land Access Issues
On 16 July 2020, the President of the Republic of Mozambique triggered the process of land law reform through a public consultation. The Committee for the Revision of the Law has… Read more »
November 23, 2023
Mozambique: Authorities Must Investigate Lethal Use of Force Against Protesters
Mozambican police used excessive and lethal force against peaceful protesters and bystanders, including firing live ammunition and teargas, following disputed local elections in… Read more »
March 18, 2023
Mozambique: Arbitrary Arrests, Teargassing and Brutal Assault of Peaceful Protesters a Violation of the Right Freedom of Assembly
In response to the violent repression of nationwide peaceful protests to remember the fallen musician Azagaia by the Mozambican police, including beating up of protesters,… Read more »
January 11, 2023
Mozambique: Video Showing Soldiers Burning Corpses Is Latest Evidence of Atrocities in Forgotten War in Cabo Delgado
In response to a video being circulated on social media purportedly showing soldiers throwing dead bodies onto a pile of burning household items in the northern Mozambique province… Read more »
May 13, 2021
Mozambique: Palma Rescue Attempts Jeopardized By Racial Discrimination - New Survivors' Testimony
White contractors airlifted to safety before local Black people Hotel manager took two dogs on rescue helicopter, leaving people behind Exclusive satellite imagery reveals damage… Read more »
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