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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Gerald Imray and Charles Mangwiro

Mozambique carried out a brutal crackdown on post-election protests, Amnesty says

Mozambique Post Election Killings - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Mozambique's security forces carried out a brutal, three-month crackdown on protesters after the country's election last year, a leading international rights group said Wednesday, citing local activists who alleged that more than 300 people were killed and more than 3,000 were injured in the unrest.

In its new report, Amnesty International called on Mozambican authorities to investigate the killings and all rights violations in the wake of the election, and to bring law enforcement officials responsible to justice.

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