By Ricardo Dias
Maputo (MOZTIMES) – The municipal elections of 2023 almost tripled the number of press freedom violations, which rose from 11 in 2022 to 28 in the following year, according to the report from the Mozambican chapter of the regional press freedom body, MISA (Media Institute of Southern Africa).
“While in 2022, the MISA-Mozambique system to monitor violations of press freedom detected 11 cases, the number more than doubled in 2023, reaching 28 cases”, says the report “On the State of Press Freedom in Mozambique – 2024”.
According to MISA, eleven of the cases were related with the elections. Of these, five took place on polling day. A further four cases took place between polling day and the announcement of the final results by the Constitutional Council.
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