Yesterday, January 9, the Media Institute of Southern Africa - Mozambican Chapter (MISA Mozambique) witnessed an attempt by the Police of the Republic of Mozambique at Mavalane Airport in Maputo to ban journalists from freely covering the arrival of politician Venâncio Mondlane, months after he had been out of the country....
The President of the Republic (PR) said yesterday that there is room in the country for the enjoyment of freedom of expression and the right to demonstrate within the parameters of the laws in force in the country. Filipe Nyusi was speaking at a virtual meeting with Mozambican ambassadors accredited to the diaspora, in which he presented the general picture of the latest...
South African police action against organized crime resulted in the rescue, in about 24 hours, of a Mozambican citizen who had been kidnapped on Thursday in Gauteng province. The police also managed to arrest two individuals who, according to family sources quoted by Notícias, are South African police officers from the...
MISA Mozambique condemns the inaction of the President of the Republic (PR), Filipe Nyusi, in the face of recurrent violations of press freedom by his security guards. This follows the most recent reprimand of a journalist from the community radio station Parapato, in Angoche, Nampula province. He was prevented by a presidential security guard from broadcasting...
MISA Mozambique, an NGO that defends press freedom in the country, says that the upsurge in armed attacks in Cabo Delgado, in the north, has once again raised the tone of threats against journalists involved in covering the conflict. The organization points to the most recent pronouncements by the governor of Cabo Delgado province, Valige Tauabo,...
Former Paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius will be released from prison on parole, almost 11 years after he murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Pistorius, now 37, was sentenced by a South African court in 2016 to serve 13 years and five months in prison. According to his version, on February 14,...
Mozambique may introduce the use of electronic bracelets to monitor prisoners on parole. The measure could ease overcrowding in the country's prisons. Electronic bracelets are already provided for in the Penal Code, but their implementation is still inactive due to various factors, according to today's Notícias, citing...
The new report on religious freedom by the Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) foundation considers the prospects for Mozambique to be "disastrous" due to the armed violence in Cabo Delgado. "The prospects for religious freedom continue to be disastrous," reads the chapter dedicated to Mozambique, the only Portuguese-speaking country marked on the map of violations of the free activity of...
The New Democracy party, which has no parliamentary representation, has scheduled a freedom march for June 24. According to the party, it is a protest aimed at challenging police reprimands and demanding that citizens' constitutional rights be respected. According to the party's president, Salomão Muchanga, the march will take place...
Former South African paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius, serving a prison sentence for the death of his girlfriend in 2013, will know in the next few days whether he will be paroled, it was announced today. Oscar Pistorius, 36, who has both legs amputated, was sentenced to 13 years and five months in prison in November...