The ongoing post-election protests in Mozambique have led to the deaths of 10 minors and dozens of others injured as stated by Human Rights Watch, even after military intervention in the past weeks to control the unrest.
Reports indicate that Security forces detained hundreds of other minors, some of them for days in violation of international law, since election results were announced a month ago, the rights group said.
Since then, a series of protests have erupted in Mozambique with thousands of people rallying people for protests both on social media as followers of independent presidential candidate Venancio Mondlane -who lost to Chapo, express their dissatisfaction.
Credible news sources confirm that Mondlane has left the country over fears for his safety, he said, after his lawyer was one of the two opposition members killed when the car they were in was ambushed and riddled with bullets on a street in Maputo. No arrests have been made in those killings.
International rights groups say at least 30 people have been killed by security forces firing live bullets at protesters, while Mozambican groups say the death toll is around 50. The Mozambique Bar Association said earlier this month that it had secured the release of more than 2,700 people who had been detained by security forces, many of them teenagers.
The protests have forced schools and businesses to close and led many Mozambicans to stay home. The army has been deployed to keep order.