(July 7th, 2026)
The World Liberty Congress (WLC) strongly condemns the Mozambican regime’s campaign of violence, intimidation, and judicial weaponization against opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane and his party, Anamala.
Following the contested October 2024 elections, the regime met peaceful protests with brutal force—killing approximately 400 people, injuring over 2,000, and arbitrarily detaining thousands. Despite this terror, Mondlane returned from exile to open a new page for his country and establish the Anamala party. In response, the regime has subjected the popular movement to a political genocide, executing 400 severe acts of violence and 56 assassinations against its members over the past year, including the recent murder of the party’s coordinator in Chimoio.
Because assassinating Mondlane carries too high a political risk, the regime has weaponized the judiciary to block him from running in the 2028 municipal and 2029 general elections. The Supreme Court of Mozambique is processing fabricated charges accusing him of “inciting terrorism” for mobilizing people against election rigging—a conviction that carries over 20 years in jail. To cripple his ability to fight back, authorities have also canceled his employment contract as a bank employee and frozen all family bank accounts, stripping him of any revenue.
The threat of state violence remains immediate and absolute. Mondlane’s family has been forced to live abroad due to the high risk of kidnapping, and just this week, security forces killed four more citizens protesting fuel prices. Furthermore, the Council of State recently held a session with the explicit agenda to strip Mondlane of his constitutional immunity so that authorities can execute a pre-trial arrest.
Despite knowing that the regime intends to detain him upon arrival, Mondlane is bravely returning to Mozambique to lead Anamala’s historic three-day first party congress this weekend, declaring he has reached a point of no return. The WLC demands that Mozambican authorities immediately halt all extrajudicial violence, drop these manufactured charges, and guarantee his physical safety. We stand in absolute solidarity with Venâncio Mondlane and the people of Mozambique in their struggle for democracy.
World Liberty Congress
