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  • Mozambique's public prosecutor has refused to compensate the family of an electoral observer gunned down by police in the run-up to national polls last year, sparking outrage among local rights advocates. Anastasio Matavele, the 58-year old leader of a local election observation mission, was shot dead at the wheel of his car in the southeastern city of Xai-Xai just days before the October 15 vote. The family's lawyer demanded a state compensation of 35 million MZN (around $580,000), which was refused earlier this month. Court documents seen by AFP on Thursday said the claim was rejected on the basis that the policemen who killed Matavele were not acting in service of the state. Matavele's murderers were caught red-handed after smashing into another car as they fled the scene. Two of them were killed in the crash, two were wounded and a fifth managed to escape. Mozambique's national police later recognised the men as members of its rapid intervention unit and launched an investigation. Adriano Nuvunga, head of Mozambique's Center for Democracy and Development, said Matavele's murder was a "state crime". "The murderers who killed him had police uniforms," he told AFP on Thursday. "These people... were sent by someone to use the power of the Republic of Mozambique to commit this macabre act." Nuvunga denounced the public prosecutor's ruling as a "denial of justice" and called on the international community to hold the government accountable. "At the level of the Mozambican state, justice cannot be expected," he said, calling on rights groups to help bring the case to the African Union. After the election, the European Union's observation mission condemned Matavele's assassination and said the killing had exacerbated a "lack of public trust" in the authorities. The two policemen caught after the car crash are scheduled to begin trial for Matavele's murder next month. str-sch/pma
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  • Murdered Mozambique election observer's family denied compensation
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