Mozambique: Authorities Must Promptly Investigate Arrest of Journalist While Covering Demonstration

Mozambican authorities must immediately investigate the arrest of journalist and human rights defender, Sheila Wilson, while she was broadcasting live from a demonstration on 4 June in the capital Maputo, Amnesty International and The Mozambique Human Rights Defenders Network said today.

Journalists from Soico Television who were also covering the demonstration, were physically attacked, allegedly by the police, and had their film camera seized when they were interviewing Mozambican Police spokesperson, Leonel Muchina. "The police's actions, seen in videos supplied to Amnesty International and shared on social media, follow a disturbing pattern of reckless and unlawful tactics against journalists. Police must refrain from arbitrarily arresting, attacking and intimidating journalists or confiscating their equipment.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

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