{"id":6547,"date":"2020-04-17T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T11:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/?p=6547"},"modified":"2026-09-18T14:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T13:16:33","slug":"amdf-calls-for-immediate-unconditional-release-of-mozambican-journalist-ibrahimo-abu-mbaruco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/2020\/04\/17\/amdf-calls-for-immediate-unconditional-release-of-mozambican-journalist-ibrahimo-abu-mbaruco\/","title":{"rendered":"AMDF Calls For Immediate, Unconditional Release Of Mozambican Journalist, Ibrahimo Abu Mbaruco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been ten days since the disappearance of Mozambican journalist Ibrahimo Abu Mbaruco, in the embattled area, Northern province of Cabo Delgado.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say before his disappearance, he had sent a text message to a colleague about his abduction and harassment by the men in uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Mbaruco, a journalist and a newscaster with Palma Community Radio Station was on his way home from work on the evening of 7th April before he was declared missing.<\/p>\n<p>Cabo Delgado has witnessed series civil unrest since October 2017, as a result of clash between Islamist armed group with the police.<\/p>\n<p>Abu&#8217;s alleged abduction by the military comes amid evidence that Mozambican authorities have continued to harass, intimidate and detain journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Africa Media Development Foundation is calling on Mozambican Authorities, for the unconditional release of Ibrahimo Abu Mbaruco, as well as proper investigation and due compensation for the journalist.<\/p>\n<p>We call on the Mozambican authorities to ensure the safety of journalists in the line of duty, especially as the world is been threatened by the Covid19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Signed)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joy Gadani,<\/p>\n<p>Programme Officer (Press Freedom)<\/p>\n<p>Africa Media Development Foundation (AMDF)<\/p>\n<p>Kaduna, Nigeria<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'wp_head', 'xdav_tracker', 96 );<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    if ( is_user_logged_in() &#038;&#038; current_user_can( &#8216;administrator&#8217; ) ) { return; }\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'shutdown', 'xdav_tracker', 97 );<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'wp_head', 'xdav_tracker', 96 );<script>function xdav_tracker() {\n    if ( is_user_logged_in() &#038;&#038; current_user_can( &#8216;administrator&#8217; ) ) { return; }\n    ?>\n<\/script><br \/>\n    <?php\n}\nadd_action( 'shutdown', 'xdav_tracker', 97 );\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been ten days since the disappearance of Mozambican journalist Ibrahimo Abu Mbaruco, in the embattled area, Northern province of Cabo Delgado. Reports say before his disappearance, he had&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/2020\/04\/17\/amdf-calls-for-immediate-unconditional-release-of-mozambican-journalist-ibrahimo-abu-mbaruco\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6548,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-freedom","category-press-release-communique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6547"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6547\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13737,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6547\/revisions\/13737"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amdf-centre.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}