Mozambique: Government Denies Plan to Introduce Military Tribunals

Maputo — The Mozambican government has no intention of reinstating military tribunals or court martials in time of peace, Justice Minister Joaquim Verissimo assured the country's parliament, the Assembly of the Republic, on Thursday.

Verissimo was introducing a government bill amending a 1997 law on defence policy and the armed forces, one article of which deals with military justice and discipline.

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