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4:36 CAT | 16 Aug 2022
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A prominent Mozambican human rights activist, Adriano Nuvunga, suffered a death threat in the small hours of Monday morning, according to a report in the independent newssheet “Carta de Moçambique”.
Two projectiles were thrown into the yard of Nuvunga’s Maputo home while he was sleeping. Inspections by agents of the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC) confirmed that the projectiles were bullets for an AK-47 assault rifle.
The bullets were partially wrapped in paper on which messages had been scribbled. The messages could not all be deciphered, but one read “Be careful, Nuvunga”.
Nuvunga called in the police and SERNIC, who took away the bullets and inspected the crime scene.
Civil society organisations are regarding the incident as a death threat, possibly intended to silence Nuvunga, who is the director of the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), and Chairperson of the Mozambican Network of Human Rights Defenders.
He is an outspoken critic of many government policies, and one of the best known faces of Mozambican civil society.
It is with regret that we have to advise that two bullets were lodged at #Professor @adriano_nuvunga ’s (Chairperson of the @RMDDH_Moz) residence and he discovered them today, 15/08, in the morning.
This is indeed a grave escalation in #threats against Professor Nuvunga. pic.twitter.com/Pl3EEzVwsp
— MOZAMBIQUE DEFENDERS – RMDDH (@RMDDH_Moz) August 15, 2022
#Mozambique | We express our unwavering solidarity and support to human rights defender, @adriano_nuvunga on the recent threats made to his life at his home, in Maputo.
Read joint Civil Society Statement below👇👇 pic.twitter.com/o0PuvOxdzw
— SouthernDefenders (@SAHRDNetwork) August 16, 2022
#Mozambique Attempt to kill Novunga this morning. Hands off our Human Rights Defender. Carta” sabe que na madrugada desta segunda-feira, 15 de Agosto de 2022, indivíduos desconhecidos atiraram para o seu quintal quando Nuvunga estava ainda a dormir, presumivelmente as 0500 pic.twitter.com/oJYo9iwUWE
— JosinaZMachel (@JosinaZMachel) August 15, 2022
Death threats made against leading Mozambican human rights defender @adriano_nuvunga. Unknown people threw at Nuvunga’s compound, two bullets. Authorities should investigate this and send a clear message that such acts of intimidation cannot be tolerated.https://t.co/dtqKhCxZMO pic.twitter.com/DsNHrcWbNV
— Zenaida Machado (@zenaidamz) August 15, 2022
Source: AIM
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