Amnesty International has called the Southern African Development Community, SADC to take a strong stand against spiralling police killings and assault on peaceful assembly in Mozambique ahead of the SADC extraordinary summit from Saturday the 20th in Harare, Zimbabwe.

The rights group was responding to the apparent police killings of seven people amid post-election protests in Nampula on the 13th.

Mozambican authorities have launched a massive crackdown on protesters following disputed elections on 9 October.

Police have killed dozens of people so far, injured over one hundred and arbitrarily arrested or detained thousands, according to Mozambican civil society organizations.

 Amnesty International Mozambique Campaigner, Cidia Chussungo.