Human rights in Mozambican jails

Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious Affairs, Abdurremane de Almeida gave as an example of human rights violations the overcrowding in jails in Maputo. Violation of human rights in
detention centers is a reality. The Minister of Justice, Constitutional and Religious affairs Abdurremane Lino deAlmeida, said Wednesday that the prison sector is the most vulnerable when it comes to the protection of human rights in the country. The minister was speaking at the public presentation of the preliminary report to the Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review and recognized cases of overcrowding chains and other poor conditions of confinement,
situations that threaten human rights.The source pointed out that there are jails arriving to house three times over capacity as a major concern of the Government, taking into account the need for improvement in the protection of human rights.