'The Mozambican authorities should publicly disclose his whereabouts, allow him access to a lawyer and visits by relatives, and, if he is to be charged, promptly bring him before a court,' Lewis Mudge, Central Africa director at Human Rights Watch, said...
Human Rights Watch said a Rwandan opposition leader needs to be charged immediately or released a month after his arrest in Mozambique, the Associated Press reported.
"The Mozambican authorities should publicly disclose his whereabouts, allow him access to a lawyer and visits by relatives, and, if he is to be charged, promptly bring him before a court," said Lewis Mudge, Central Africa director at Human Rights Watch.Human Rights Watch said Rwandan opposition leader Cassien Ntamuhanga needs to be charged immediately or released a month after his arrest in Mozambique.
Mozambique's police force has since denied knowledge of Nhamutanga's arrest and said he is not being held by them.
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