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 Simon FellowsHuman Rights League, Mozambiquesimonldh@yahoo.com2008Please NoteThis report contains accounts that some people may find disturbingReproduction of any part of the text is authorised, except for commercial purposes, providedthe author is acknowledged.
Cover Image: Reportage/Tom Stoddart Archive/Getty Images
 
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“They formed a circle and put the baby inside and started dancing. One man took the baby and holds him up and threw him on top of the rock. They cut the baby open and removed the heart and lungs. When they got home they killed the goat and used its skin to cover the parts removed from the baby and put them at the shop” 
(Investigating Police Officer, Venda, SouthAfrica
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“He grabs me on the neck, I tried to loose myself but I couldn’t. So then he took his knife and started cutting me. Then I fainted” 
(young man attacked for his genital organs, Niassaprovince, Mozambique
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“It is true that people become rich after a traditional treatment with human organs” 
(Traditional Healer, Manica Province, Mozambique
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 “They say the treatments with genital organs only work if they are taken from a person alive and not dead 
” (Customs Official, Sofala province, Mozambique
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 “The murderer cut her throat like she was a goat. He cut her head just like that, and removed her genital organs, leaving all the rest” 
(Police Officer, Cabo Delgado Province,Mozambique
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“The Police searched and found that she was carrying genital organs of adult men 
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I don’t know how many exactly, it was several. But they were from adult men, I saw them myself” 
(Female Stall holder at Ressano Garcia, Mozambique/South African border
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Interview code SA_P_FG_2
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Interview code MZ_B_GI_1
 
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Interview code MZ_CD_I_2
 
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