The Mozambican Human Rights Network and its president, Adriano Nuvunga, this Wednesday denounced the alleged intention to extradite the Angolan whistleblower, calling on the Mozambican authorities to back off.
“The main concern of human rights activists in the region is that young Gena is at serious risk of being silenced in Angola, where the Mozambican authorities want to send him back” for entering the country illegally, the network said. .
This idea is highlighted in a video posted on social media by Adriano Nuvunga, an activist who stressed this Wednesday that if Mana Hema has no documents, it is because he fled to save his life and the life of his family – two children and a pregnant woman. wives. all also in Maputo.
“He came to Mozambique seeking asylum,” he said, stressing that “his only crime was exposing drug trafficking with the alleged involvement of the Angolan political elite.”
In addition to the Mozambican authorities, Nuvunga is calling on the “Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the entire international community to avoid being deported to Angola as it could lead to another politically motivated killing” in the region. .
Persecution appears to be continuing in Maputo, according to the Mozambique Network of Human Rights Defenders.
The organization reports that Man Guena was the target of a kidnapping attempt in the Mozambican capital on Sunday, causing him to seek police protection but was eventually detained for allegedly illegally entering Mozambique.
The informant is being held with his two children and his wife.
“In accordance with the Constitution, laws and international conventions signed by Mozambique, the state is obliged to provide asylum to all persons who are unjustly persecuted because of their views,” the network adds.
Lusa sought clarification from the National Migration Service of Mozambique (SENAMI) but received no response.
An official source told Luza in Luanda that no extradition requests had been made by the Angolan authorities, although the young man was being prosecuted in Angola.
Eugenio Quintas, better known as Man Gena, has stood out in recent weeks for filing several complaints via Youtube about drug trafficking in Angola, with alleged involvement of the political elite and authorities.
The allegations led a parliamentary commission to question Angola’s interior minister, Eugenio César Laborinho, who denied any involvement of high-ranking security forces.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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