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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>In an exclusive interview with DW, Mozambican journalist Arlindo Chissale says that his detention was illegal and a form of retaliation for being a member of the political opposition. And he denounces the inhumane conditions of his detention.<\/p>\n

caption \u2013 Mozambican journalist Arlindo Chissale is free, after being arrested last week in Cabo Delgado province.<\/p>\n

The District Attorney\u2019s Office accused Chissale of having travelled to the district to gather information to foment terrorism. But on Friday (04-11), the Balama District Court granted the journalist provisional release.<\/p>\n

DW Africa: You have just been released by the Balama District Court. What happened?<\/b>
\nArlindo Chissale (AC):<\/b> The court came to understand that my detention was illegal. Not just because I was a stranger in the Bolama district, where I arrived for the first time and was waiting for the governor of the province. The restaurant owner reported to the police that there was a person from outside the area in his restaurant. In the searches, all illegal, they took my phones, they did all kinds of searches for a long time, but only now was the court able to understand that it was illegal.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always been a journalist, but in Balama, specifically, I didn\u2019t come to do journalism. I came to do active politics. If all goes well, if it becomes known that Balama will be a municipal village, we will have good reasons to come and run for Balama. I will probably come to help the Renamo party. That\u2019s the reason that brought me here. So the police got very worn out because it was an opposition party [supporter] and even more so because it was a journalist. They had two very skewed pieces of information. I\u2019ve always been a journalist and I had the credential in my briefcase. We came back with the police, to pick it up at the boarding house. They checked, but they didn\u2019t like the journalist\u2019s presence and they didn\u2019t like the mention of the party I came here to give a push.<\/p>\n

DW Africa: Why this arrest? What was the police\u2019s explanation?<\/b>
\nAC:<\/b> They didn\u2019t give an explanation. They asked me to accompany them. There were three policemen at my door, at the door of room Number Three in the boarding house, and there was the police car outside the boarding house. They took me to jail. It\u2019s a very, very bad jail. They don\u2019t serve a single meal to any inmate. And there are about 30 prisoners there, suffering because there is not even drinking water.<\/p>\n

DW Africa: Were these the conditions in which you were detained all these days?<\/b>
\nAC:<\/b> Yes, yes. There is no blanket. There are only mosquitoes, lots of ants at night, nobody sleeps, lots of bed bugs. It\u2019s a pigsty, but it\u2019s the district jail.<\/p>\n

DW Africa: Were you able to notify anyone of your arrest?<\/b>
\nAC:<\/b> I couldn\u2019t inform anyone. I was banned from even touching a phone for the entire six days.<\/p>\n

DW Africa: Did you experience any violence during your detention?<\/b>
\nAC:<\/b> Insults. Many insults: \u2018You pass yourselves off as journalists. We will look into who sent you.\u2019<\/p>\n

DW Africa: In your opinion, do attitudes like these towards journalists harm the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado?<\/b>
\nAC:<\/b> I don\u2019t want to link this to terrorism, but the truth is that these words make journalists not write about terrorism. But I write and have always written.<\/p>\n

DW Africa: What do you intend to do now that you have been released?<\/b>
\nAC:<\/b> Well, I have to come up with another package, or another paper, with another vision. There are many people being tortured here and in worse conditions than mine. I saw a lot of people come in and be tortured by the police. Many sleep in the open. I have photographs, I also have some illustrations.<\/p>\n

DW Africa: Do you intend to take your case to justice, because of this illegal detention?<\/b>
\nAC:<\/b> No. It\u2019s a caricature. It won\u2019t work, because it\u2019s systemic.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Mozambique. In an exclusive interview with DW, Mozambican journalist Arlindo Chissale says that his detention was illegal and a form of retaliation for being a member of the political opposition. 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