Mozambique: Police Fire on Opposition Parade

By Human Rights Watch

(Johannesburg) – Mozambique police fired on a peaceful opposition parade on March 5, 2025, injuring at least 16 people, including 2 children, Human Rights Watch said today. Hundreds of people sang, cheered, and danced in the parade, led by the former presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane, in the capital, Maputo, before being attacked.The parade, involving a convoy of some six vehicles, had moved without incident for about three kilometers amid police units deployed across the city ahead of the signing ceremony for a political agreement that day. The agreement, between President Daniel…

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