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Mozambique: Two Journalists Attacked On Same Night
AIM, 16 September 2020
Two journalists were attacked on Sunday night, one in the southern province of Inhambane, and one in the northern city of Nampula, according to the Mozambican chapter of the… Read more »
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Mozambique: Mozambican Judges Accused of Harassing Lawyers
AIM, 15 September 2020
The chairperson of the Mozambican Bar Association (OAM), Duarte Casimiro, on Monday accused the country's judiciary of harassing lawyers. Read more »
Mozambique Reels at Repeated Attacks on Journalists
Barely a month after the independent weekly newspaper Canal de Moçambique was petrol bombed, Luciano da Conceicao, a correspondent for Deutsche Welle, was abducted at the entrance to his house by unidentified assailants, while on the same night, Leonardo Gimo, a reporter on the private television station TV Sucesso, was attacked in the street by unidentified men who seized his camera. Responding to the blatant attempts to muzzle the media and restrict the right to freedom of expression in the southern African country, MISA-Mozambique expressed its "deep concern at the growing wave of harassment and aggression against journalists".
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The ongoing assault against journalism in Mozambique took a shocking new turn when the independent weekly newspaper Canal de Moçambique was petrol-bombed. The attack came ... Read more »
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Mozambique authorities should urgently locate journalist Ibrahimo Abu Mbaruco, who has been missing since April 7, 2020, in the embattled northern province of Cabo Delgado, Human ... Read more »
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The Mozambican government has denounced the gruesome video footage of men in army uniforms beating and shooting a woman suspected of being an insurgent. The video, which circulated ... Read more »
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Critics say donor countries and international organizations are propping up a corrupt government that's leaving millions of Mozambicans mired in poverty. The government is accused ... Read more »
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Human Rights Watch has expressed serious concerns about a wave of arbitrary arrests, including the involvement of the military in interrogations that take place in the absence of ... Read more »
