Amnesty International calls on the Mozambican government to end the "violent and widespread repression" of human rights, and points out that international law prohibits the deployment of military personnel to police protests..

Since October 21, Mozambique has been plunged into a crisis of demonstrations in which dozens of people have died and hundreds have been injured in the post-election protests.

The violence continues, despite local and international organizations such as HRW and Amnesty International denouncing the excessive use of police and military force in the protests.

According to the communications director of Amnesty International Portugal, Miguel Marujo, who was speaking in an interview with DWThe violence is undermining the rights of peaceful assembly, demonstration and freedom of expression.

"People are being victims of violence by the security forces which often puts civilian lives at risk, and in this case children too. Amnesty International condemns the excessive use of violence by the security forces," he said.

According to Miguel Marujo, Amnesty has challenged various international institutions to act with the Mozambican government and the President of the Republic so that the authorities can put a stop to this whole situation. The source stressed that "the government has the decisive key to putting an end to the violence, by not violently repressing these demonstrations that have been taking place in Maputo and other cities in Mozambique".

"It's important that the government puts an end to the violent and widespread repression of human rights and respects everyone's right to freedom of expression, to peacefully assemble and demonstrate. This has not been the case since the beginning of the protests," he said.

Amnesty International goes on to condemn the Mozambican government for not putting an end to this violent repression, which has led to more than 70 deaths and many injured.

"It is the Mozambican government that is failing by not putting an end to this violent repression. The Mozambican government must quickly sit down with the forces of civil society and the political forces to reach an understanding and put an end to this police action, which has been extremely violent," he concluded.

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