{"id":1719,"date":"2021-07-01T15:09:54","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T15:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2021-07-01T14:27:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T14:27:31","slug":"mozambique-fears-that-the-worst-has-happened-to-missing-rwandan-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-fears-that-the-worst-has-happened-to-missing-rwandan-journalist","title":{"rendered":"Fears that \u201cthe worst has happened\u201d to missing Rwandan journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Mozambique<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The president of the Association of Rwandan Refugees in Mozambique told Lusa on Tuesday that he fears that \u201cthe worst has happened\u201d to journalist Ntamuhanga Cassien, who disappeared in Maputo over a month ago.<\/p>\n

Cleophas Habiyareme, president of the Association of Rwandan Refugees in Mozambique<\/p>\n

\u201cWe still don\u2019t have clear information about what happened to Ntamuhanga Cassien,\u201d Cleophas Habiyareme told Lusa on Tuesday (29 June). \u201cAs time passes, we start to lose hope, fearing that the worst has happened.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 37-year-old Rwandan journalist was taken \u201cby eight individuals who introduced themselves as agents of the Police of the Republic of Mozambique (PRM)\u201d, a group which included another Rwandan citizen \u201cwho spoke the same local dialect as the target\u201d , according to Habiyareme.<\/p>\n

Case at the Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office<\/b><\/p>\n

The Mozambican authorities have distanced themselves from any possible arrest of the journalist, though the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation said on June 10 that the case was under investigation.<\/p>\n

Habiyareme was called by the Criminal Investigation Service [SERNIC] almost two weeks ago, but the meeting did not reveal anything new.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey basically told us what we already knew. There was nothing new, we still don\u2019t know where he is,\u201d says Habiyareme, who also took the case to the Office of the Attorney General of the Republic of Mozambique.<\/p>\n

Prison break<\/b><\/p>\n

Ntamuhanga Cassien was a journalist and director of the Christian radio station Amazing Grace in Kigali, the Rwandan capital. More recently, he lived and worked as a merchant on Inhaca Island, Maputo.<\/p>\n

He escaped from prison in Rwanda in 2017, after being sentenced in 2015 to 25 years in prison for conspiracy against the state, complicity in terrorism and murder- a sentence contested by human rights organisations at the time.<\/p>\n

He claimed to be a victim of political persecution, like other critics of President Paul Kagame\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n

Kagame, angel and devil<\/b><\/p>\n

Cassien\u2019s disappearance has resurrected the ghosts of past persecution among the Rwandan community in Mozambique, a country with nearly 4,000 Rwandan residents, a considerable part of whom are refugees.<\/p>\n

Leader of Rwanda since 1994, Kagame is credited with developing the country after the Tutsi genocide that year, but the head of state is also accused of limiting freedom of expression and repressing opposition.<\/p>\n

The restriction of freedoms has been denounced and condemned by organisations such as Reporters Without Borders and the European Union.<\/p>\n

The genocide in Rwanda claimed the lives of more than 800,000 people, mainly from the Tutsi minority, between April and July 1994.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Mozambique. The president of the Association of Rwandan Refugees in Mozambique told Lusa on Tuesday that he fears that \u201cthe worst has happened\u201d to journalist Ntamuhanga Cassien, who disappeared in Maputo over a month ago. 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