Mozambique: Opposition Leader Venâncio Mondlane to be Tried for Treason
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Venâncio Mondlane has been charged with treason for his role in the demonstrations November 2024-March 2025 protesting the fraudulent elections of 9 October 2024. More than 350 demonstrators were killed by police, who have not been charged. More than 1000 demonstrators are improperly still being held in jail without trial.
Venâncio Mondlane, the opposition leader, faces treason charges for his involvement in protests against fraudulent elections on 9 October 2024. Over 350 demonstrators were killed by police, while more than 1,000 remain in jail without trial. Mondlane claims he is accused of publicly endorsing crimes, inciting collective disobedience, terrorism, and terrorism.
Despite being one of the top two candidates in the presidential election, he enjoys the Council of State's immunity, which was lifted on 10 June without his knowledge. However, his immunity was kept secret until 25 August. As a member of the Council of State, Mondlane will face trial by five Supreme Court judges, a process kept hidden until recently.
The trial will be held in a small room without much public access, with the two lead judges being Luís Mondlane and António Paulo Namburete. Civil society groups are concerned about the trial's political nature, arguing that organizing legal protests against corruption does not constitute treason.
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