Mozambique: Rights Association Files Criminal Complaint Against Frelimo Deputy

Maputo — The Human Rights Network Association, a Mozambican NGO, has filed a criminal complaint against Egídio Vaz, a deputy of the ruling Frelimo party in the Assembly of the Republic, the country’s parliament, for incitement to crime and public advocacy of hatred and violence – but Vaz claims that such accusations are false, and are based on a forgery

The complaint is based on a Facebook post, allegedly written by Vaz, in which he mocked the murder, on 19 October 2024, of the prominent…