{"id":1779,"date":"2021-07-02T14:19:58","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T14:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2021-07-02T13:56:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T13:56:50","slug":"mozambique-media-freedom-group-condemns-alleged-police-assault-on-journalists-lusa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\/all-news\/mozambique-media-freedom-group-condemns-alleged-police-assault-on-journalists-lusa","title":{"rendered":"Media freedom group condemns alleged police assault on journalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mozambique\">Mozambique<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Mozambique chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa Institute (MISA), an organisation that defends media freedom across the region, on Thursday condemned attacks on four journalists by municipal police officers in the country\u2019s northern province of Nampula.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMISA Mozambique learnt with perplexity of the physical aggression against four journalists by police officers of the Nampula municipal police around 2 p.m. this Tuesday,\u201d the organisation said in a statement sent to the media.<\/p>\n<p>According to the organisation, the journalists were assaulted while investigating the alleged illegal detention of three people by the municipal police, and had gone to the corporation\u2019s premises to understand the situation.<\/p>\n<p>They were, according to MISA, \u201cmet with insults and physical aggression carried out by the commander and head of operations, in the company of the other members of the force.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The police officers also briefly held onto the camera of one of the journalists, and the motorcycle of another journalist was also taken from him, with its whereabouts currently unknown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe officers did not take the time to listen to us to understand our concern,\u201d said Sim\u00e3o Mugas, one of the journalists, quoted in the MISA statement. \u201cThey accused us of defaming and tarnishing the reputation of the police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MISA Mozambique rejects any act of violence against journalists, noting that freedom of expression, press freedom and access to sources of information are rights enshrined in the country\u2019s constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMISA reiterates that it is the duty of the police authorities to protect and never attack journalists, so all measures will be taken to hold the aggressors accountable,\u201d it concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Lusa has attempted to contact the Nampula municipal police but had no response.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mozambique. The Mozambique chapter of the Media Institute of Southern Africa Institute (MISA), an organisation that defends media freedom across the region, on Thursday condemned attacks on four journalists by municipal police officers in the country\u2019s northern province of Nampula. \u201cMISA Mozambique learnt with perplexity of the physical aggression against four journalists by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":1778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,8,16],"tags":[233,281,283],"class_list":["post-1779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-mozambique","tag-mozambique"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Media freedom group condemns alleged police assault on journalists - 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