The Mozambican Association of Judges (AMJ) is asking the Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate and criminally and impartially prosecute the police of the Republic of Mozambique for causing deaths during the post-election protests. According to the judges, the police did not hold back and resorted to excessive use of force "according to the videos that have been circulating", which is why...
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Judicial magistrates' strike suspended, but may go ahead at any time
Judicial magistrates today suspended the strike that had been scheduled to start this Friday (09) after talks with the government, announced the president of the Mozambican Association of Judges (AMJ). As Esmeraldo Matavele explained to journalists in Maputo, the reason for this is that for the first time since the demands were announced, the government has...
Bar Association supports judges' strike for violated rights
The Mozambican Bar Association (OAM) stands in solidarity with the Mozambican Association of Judges (AMJ) in the continuation of the strike announced to begin on August 9. "We are deeply in solidarity with the judges in this struggle to regain their violated rights, and we will do everything we can to ensure that society does not suffer as a result of this strike announcement,"...
Twenty judges expelled for criminal activities
At least 20 judges have been expelled from the judiciary in the last 10 years for committing crimes, mainly corruption. The information was revealed by the president of the Mozambican Association of Judges (AMJ), Carlos Mondlane, speaking to the press in Maputo, during the Meeting of Judicial Magistrates to discuss the Ethical Commitment of Mozambican Judges. "We have...