Mozambique: Secrecy Shrouds Detention of Mozambique Poll Monitors

Maputo — The secret transfer between prisons of 18 Mozambican election monitors who have spent a month in detention has raised serious concerns for their safety.

They were arrested while monitoring the disputed October 15 elections and have been denied access to lawyers and cut off from their families.

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