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Mozambique: Authorities must bring perpetrators to justice for reckless and deadly protest crackdown

Mozambican security forces used reckless and unnecessary force in a widespread crackdown on protests following last October’s election, resulting in unlawful killings and devastating injuries, Amnesty International said in a new report. The report, Protest under attack: Human rights violations during Mozambique’s post-2024 election crackdown, documents security forces firing lethal weapons, tear gas and kinetic impact projectiles (commonly known…

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The organization considers the repression of the protests against Frelimo “disproportionate” and “shameful”. Amnesty International analyzed videos, photographs and interviews to accuse the Mozambican police of the use of illegal force.

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The Mozambican security forces have used force unwisely and unwarrantedly in the context of the widespread repression of demonstrations following the October 2024 elections, causing illegal killings and serious injuries, Amnesty International writes in a new report entitled Protest under attack: Human rights violations during Mozambique's post-2024 election crackdown, this report reveals that the security forces have used lethal weapons, fired t…

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Amnesty International broke the news on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
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