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The centre of Mozambique is the stage for persistent violations of human rights, the main expression of which is the kidnapping and subsequent execution of victims by death squads.
Canalmoz reports that “the victims are usually members of opposition political parties or connected to them,” adding that “from January until now, 83 people have been executed in the provinces of Manica, Sofala, Tete and Zambezia”.
Sixteen people, of whom five are known to the Attorney General’s office, have fled their homes in the four provinces for fear of summary execution.
The figures were released last Tuesday, May 10, by the President of the Human Rights League of Mozambique, Alice Mabota.
“The increasing number of kidnappings and execution of opposition members by alleged death squads alarms us,” said Alice Mabota, adding that these acts of “arbitrary arrest, false imprisonment and execution” are punishable by domestic law and condemned under international law.
Mozambique has ratified the International Convention against Torture, Cruel and Degrading Treatment and its operational protocols.
The announcement comes at a time when the media has repeatedly reported on an alleged mass grave in Manica, which the League says it does not doubt exists, promising to work towards clarification as soon as possible.
“From January to date, the League has been notified of 83 executions in Manica, Sofala, Tete and Zambezia, and taken in 16 fugitives from the provinces looking for protection,” Mabota says. Of this number, five were sent to the Attorney General’s office, due to the urgency of their cases.
About 11,000 Mozambicans, mostly from Tete province, are refugees in Malawi, and have told the media that they fled the country fearing death and the destruction of their property.
About 45,000 school-aged children from these provinces of Manica, Sofala, Tete and Zambeiza are not attending classes as a result of unrest in the four provinces, undermining their constitutional right to education.
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