Mozambique: Amnesty International Protests Jailing of ND Monitors

Maputo — The human rights body, Amnesty International, has taken up the case of 18 polling station monitors of a recently formed Mozambican opposition party, Nova Democracia (ND - New Democracy), who were arrested in Chokwe district, in the southern province of Gaza, during the count of the 15 October general and provincial elections.

They are accused of using false credentials to enter the polling stations, although ND insists that the credentials are authentic.

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