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Mozambique
Urgent appeals
904. On 14 February 2002, the Special Rapporteur sent a joint urgent appeal with
the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions on behalf of
Amir Ali Mohamed, who allegedly is in urgent need of medical treatment after
having been shot in the head by police. He was believed to be held at Machava prison
in Maputo. It was alleged, that prison officials have refused to transfer Amir Ali
Mohamed to a hospital, despite his critical condition. He was reportedly first arrested
on 6 January 2002, in connection with a car theft. It is alleged, that he remained
handcuffed during one week, as the police claimed that they had lost the keys to the
handcuffs. On 14 January, he was allegedly driven by three police officers to the
Mavalane suburb of Maputo, where they reportedly shot him twice in the head and
left him for dead. It appears that local residents alerted Amir Ali Mohamed’s family,
who took him to Maputo hospital. He remained in hospital until 20 January, when he
was transferred to the third “esquadra” police station. The following day he was apparently transferred to Machava prison. While he reportedly received some
treatment at hospital, the bullet is said to be still lodged in his head.
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This report has been published by Equipo Nizkor and Derechos Human Rights on August 2, 2005.