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Prisoner Release – 1992

According to the Human Rights Watch Annual Report of 1993, a large number of political prisoners remained detained as of 1992 but were expected to be released following the cease-fire accords, which stipulated that the government and RENAMO release all prisoners.¹

Raul Domingos, chief negotiator for the Mozambique National Resistance (MNR — RENAMO), in his interview with Radio Mozambique reporter Emilio Manhique in Maputo on 3 November 1992, stated that RENAMO had no prisoners of war.²

In an interview in Maputo on 17 November 1992, Communications Minister Armando Guebuza alleged that RENAMO was still taking political prisoners. He stated that the government was releasing RENAMO prisoners. Transport Minister said that “It is strange and worrisome, particularly if we take into account a recent media report which said that journalists attempting to visit RENAMO bases could be taken as political prisoners” (BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, 1992).³

1. “Mozambique,” Human Rights Watch World Report, 1993, accessed September 13, 2010, http://www.hrw.org/reports/1993/WR93/Afw-06.htm#P289_114819.
2. “Mozambique MNR Negotiator Says His Organization is Not Holding Any POWS,” BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, November 5, 1992.
3. “Mozambique Report on Interviews With Dhlakama and Transport Minister Guebuza,” BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, November 20, 1992.