The battle has gone on since 2017, killing 4,500 individuals, and forcing practically one million to flee their houses.
A video displaying troopers hurling a corpse onto a pile of burning rubble in Mozambique’s north “provides a glimpse” of what’s taking place in a “forgotten struggle,” Amnesty Worldwide mentioned.
The video, believed so far again to November, exhibits a soldier pouring liquid over the physique as others, together with one carrying a South African uniform, watch and movie the scene on their cell phones.
“Human rights violations and violations of worldwide humanitarian regulation are nonetheless occurring,” the rights watchdog mentioned in an announcement on Thursday.
An investigation has been opened by regional forces on the doable “involvement of its members on this despicable act”, the South African military introduced on Tuesday.
The video “is one other horrific occasion that offers a glimpse of what’s going on away from the eye of worldwide media on this forgotten struggle,” mentioned Amnesty’s east and southern Africa director, Tigere Chagutah.
The disaster started in Cabo Delgado province in 2017, prompting the deployment of troops from Rwanda and neighbouring international locations in mid-2021 to assist Mozambique’s embattled military.
The battle has led to the demise of greater than 4,500 individuals, whereas practically one million have fled their houses, in accordance with NGOs and the United Nations.
The federal government has regained management over a lot of the area since hundreds of African troops have been deployed in 2021.
However “safety in Cabo Delgado should not come at the price of human rights violations”, Chagutah warned.