Mozambique predators to attack the press, limiting their freedom. Mozambican economic situation suffered with the discovery of hidden debts. The year 2016 was characterised by murders of citizens with links to political parties. Hundreds of politicians disappeared, mainly in the provinces of Manica, Sofala, Zambézia, Tete and Nampula, the most affected by the conflict. In Sofala, about two dozen decomposing bodies were found. Amnesty International shows in its annual report for 2016 that “intimidation and attacks against persons who have expressed dissent or critical views, including journalists, human rights defenders have taken place throughout the year” (AI, 2016). The same report shows that in Mozambique “security forces and members and supporters of the opposition have committed human rights violations with impunity, including murder, torture and other forms of ill-treatment”. The cases that most featured in the media include the murder of Jeremias Pondeca, a member of the Council of State and of the Peace Negotiation Committee, in broad daylight in the city of Maputo. Besides this assassination, there were the attack on the Secretary-General of Renamo, Manuel Bissopo, and the assassination of dozens of influential Renamo politi- cians and Frelimo party secretaries in conflict zones. This scenario, in addition to posing threats to political freedoms, shows that journalists have never been able to feel that they are rid of these threats. In the same period, several journalists reported incidents of death threats and the use of the Criminal Investigation Police (PIC) by the Government to intimidate them. During this period, we recorded cases of journalists who were informed by the PIC to give a statement on stories produced in conflict zones. We also registered cases of attacks on vehicles belonging to Rádio Moçambique and Televisão de Moçambique, allegedly carried out by Renamo’s armed forces. As a result, Mozambique has been performing worse and worse in the Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom rankings. For example, from 2014 to 2016, Mozambique dropped from Number 79 to Number 87. CASES REGISTERED IN 2016 • In May 2016, the Criminal Investigation Police notified journalist André Catueira to provide statements about articles published in the Lusa Agency and in the weekly Savana, which reported the existence of a mass grave with 120 bodies in the Gorongosa forests; • On May 27, MISA Moçambique reported acts that it considered to be violations of the exercise of freedom of expression and demonstration in Mozambique, following the shooting of the academic and commentator of the programme “Pontos de Vista” of Stv, José Jaime Macuane, and the physical attack on the president of the Ecologist Party of Mozambique, João Massango, who was preparing to hold a press conference So This is Democracy? 2016 61