Mozambique authorities failed to investigate protester deaths, says Amnesty International report

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Anti-riot police officers walk past burning barricades set up by protesters in Maputo, Mozambique's capital, in November 2024. Photograph: Alfredo Zuniga/AFP via Getty Images Mozambique’s authorities have failed to credibly investigate the deaths of more than 300 people caught up in protests that followed October’s disputed general election, Amnesty International has claimed. In a report on the Mozambican security force crackdown on protesters after the October 9th poll, the human rights group has called the response “a shameful overreaction”. “Instead of listening to people’s grievances and allowing them to voice their concerns, the Frelimo-led government unleashed a wave of violence...