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The Judicial Court of the City of Maputo yesterday released, subject to proof of identity and residence, the six students detained for contempt of the authorities after promoting a march against “inhumane conditions” at the boarding facilities of the Higher School of Nautical Sciences.
“The court decided to release the students, but the case continues,” activist Quitéria Guirengane, who is organising legal support for the students, told Lusa. “On Monday, the court will hear other participants in the case, with emphasis on the school director and the police officers who detained the students.”
The group was reportedly detained on the school grounds after organising a march addressing the Ministry of Transport and Communication, which oversees the institution, demanding better conditions at the boarding facilities.
One student interviewed by Lusa on Thursday described “inhumane conditions” including the lack of food and poor hygiene, adding that the students had tried repeatedly to alert the institution.
“We were just complaining about our rights, rights that are provided for in the notices. In the documents, it is written that we have the right to food, for example,” said the student, waiting outside the court with others from the institution on Thursday morning.
Contacted by Lusa, the institution’s management promised a reaction at “an opportune moment”.
The accused students, aged between 21 and 25 and from the provinces of Sofala, Manica, Maputo and Inhambane, all live at the school’s boarding house in the Mozambican capital.
READ: Mozambique: Six students from Nautical School arrested after demonstration – O País
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