
Amnesty: ‘Bloody crackdown’ on Mozambique protests has killed 110
Amnesty International on December 11 urged Mozambique to “end its bloody crackdown on protesters”, saying 110 have been killed in demonstrations sparked by disputed presidential elections in October. Unrest has rocked the southern African nation since the October 9 polls, won by the ruling Frelimo party in power since 1975, but denounced as fraudulent by opposition parties. “Enough is enough. For more than 50 days, Mozambique’s Frelimo-led government has refused to end its bloody crackdown on protesters,” Khanyo Farise, Amnesty’s Deputy Director for East and Southern Africa, said in a statement. More than 30 people were killed in less than a week between last December 11 and December 9, according to the local organisation Plataforma Decide, cited by Amnesty, which found that a total of 110 people had died in the clashes. “The authorities’ flagrant, continued and escalating use of unnecessary and unlawful force against protesters must cease immediately,” Farise…...