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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>At a meeting with members and civil society organisations in Pemba, on Monday (25-10), the assistant attorney general, Gl\u00f3ria da Concei\u00e7\u00e3o Adamo, promised to investigate allegations of ill-treatment of victims of terrorism in Cabo Delgado.<\/p>\n

Among the irregularities presented by civil society to the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office are the alleged diversion of humanitarian aid, corruption in obtaining donations and in the handling of identification documents for the displaced.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe famous checks, the food \u2018voucher\u2019, are distributed in various parts of Cabo Delgado province. At the moment, what has happened is that this check does not reach [the real recipients, the displaced] and is sold by the entities that manage\u201d the system, activist Vasco Acha says.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people who are supposed to distribute help, divert that little amount which should reach the displaced people,\u201d he alleges.<\/p>\n

Complaints against the Defence and Security Forces<\/b><\/p>\n

Alleged violations of undocumented displaced persons by the Defence and Security Forces (FDS) were also reported to the public prosecutor. \u201cMany citizens complain of being abused by the police, of being assaulted, while others complain of violence, including sexual violence,\u201d says Emerson Ubisse, from the Christian Council of Mozambique.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are several complaints which must be taken seriously, as civil society, as the government, and this will tarnish the relationship between the FDS and the community, which at this moment it is extremely important to strengthen in our battle to locate and stop terrorist groups,\u201d the activist notes.<\/p>\n

According to Marta Quicuco, vice-president of the Forum of Civil Society Organisations of Cabo Delgado (FOCADE), the units of the Civil Identification Directorate (DIC) in the districts have lost the displaceds\u2019 documents.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd when you go to the Registry, there is a request for a narrative birth certificate, and that is a certificate which they [the victims of terrorism] have nowhere to obtain. On the other hand, the police seemingly cannot see who is displaced and who is not,\u201d Quicuco explains.<\/p>\n

FILE PHOTO \u2013 Civil Identification Directorate [DIC] in Macomia. [File photo: DW]\u201cIf the police ask for documents, and the displaced person doesn\u2019t have them, no matter that can they justify it with the fact of being displaced, they don\u2019t take this into account. They take them to the police stations, and sometimes \u201cchamboqueiam\u201d them [beat them with a chamboko, a kind of baton used by police officers] because they don\u2019t have documents,\u201d the activist elaborates.<\/p>\n

PGR \u201cvery worried\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

The Deputy Attorney General expressed concern about the complaints. She reiterated the need to audit organizations working in the distribution of humanitarian aid and promised to investigate and hold accountable those involved in the diversion of donations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very concerned about the issue of the sale of checks [food vouchers], and I have been exchanging messages with the chief public prosecutor so that we can find a solution, because this is a criminal matter,\u201d Gl\u00f3ria da Concei\u00e7\u00e3o Adamo said.<\/p>\n

Regarding allegations of FDS abuses, the public prosecutor\u2019s representative asked for them to be swiftly forwarded to the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office, while it may still be possible to obtain evidence of the crime.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause of time [lapse], traces are erased, evidence is erased, people disappear. We are talking about the Defence and Security Forces, and they move around a lot,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI noticed that there is an egregious amount of domestic violence and rape involving young people, carried out by the FDS. We don\u2019t know from which branch, but what is certain is that they are identified in this way. These are glaring situations that must be dealt with immediately,\u201d the deputy attorney general said.<\/p>\n

Civil society, for its part, suggested strengthening FDS human rights training as one possible way of ending violations of victims of terrorism.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur police, our military, must know how to deal with these people. They are people who are already traumatized, and end up being more traumatised,\u201dFOCADE\u2019s Marta Quicuco emphasised.<\/p>\n

According to the vice president of FOCADE, it is necessary \u201cto find ways to prepare our Defence and Security Forces so that they know how to deal with this situation, and what human rights are and how to respect them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. At a meeting with members and civil society organisations in Pemba, on Monday (25-10), the assistant attorney general, Gl\u00f3ria da Concei\u00e7\u00e3o Adamo, promised to investigate allegations of ill-treatment of victims of terrorism in Cabo Delgado. 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