{"id":34917,"date":"2026-05-20T09:33:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=34917"},"modified":"2026-05-20T09:33:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T07:33:10","slug":"amnesty-international-alarmed-by-killing-of-mozambique-opposition-member","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/amnesty-international-alarmed-by-killing-of-mozambique-opposition-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International alarmed by killing of Mozambique opposition member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International has raised concern over the killing of Pedro Jo\u00e3o Cha\u00faque, a member of Mozambique\u2019s opposition party National Alliance for a Free and Autonomous Mozambique (Anamola).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cha\u00faque was reportedly shot dead by unknown armed men at his home in Gaza Province in south-western Mozambique on May 16.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International\u2019s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said the killing forms part of a disturbing pattern of attacks targeting opposition members and critics in the country.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMozambican authorities must ensure prompt, independent and transparent investigations into the killing of Pedro Jo\u00e3o Cha\u00faque and other opposition figures. All suspected perpetrators must be brought to justice,\u201d Chagutah said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The rights group also called on authorities to protect freedom of expression and ensure that critics and opposition voices are not subjected to intimidation, violence or reprisals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The killing comes just weeks after another Anamola member, Anselmo Vicente, was shot dead in Manica Province.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, journalist Arlindo Chissale, a supporter of opposition leader Ven\u00e2ncio Mondlane, has been missing since January after witnesses alleged he was taken away by suspected security forces.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20596,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-34917","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Amnesty International has raised concern over the killing of Pedro Jo\u00e3o Cha\u00faque, a member of Mozambique\u2019s opposition party","published_date":"2026-05-20 08:38:14","news_description":"Amnesty International has raised concern over the killing of Pedro Jo\u00e3o Cha\u00faque, a member of Mozambique\u2019s opposition party","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34918,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/34917\/revisions\/34918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=34917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}