Amnesty said in a statement earlier this week that it had received 'credible reports' that Abubacar had been mistreated and denied medical attention.
The journalist Amade Abubacar was reportedly being held at a military prison with no access to lawyers.A journalist detained in the volatile north of Mozambique is in good health, prosecutors have said, after Amnesty International described him as being in critical condition.
Amade Abubacar, who works for state-owned Comunitaria Nacedje de Macomia radio and TV in Cabo Delgado province, has been detained since January 5 on charges of espionage. He was seized by police at a bus stop while conducting interviews and taking photographs of people fleeing militant attacks. Amnesty said in a statement earlier this week that it had received"credible reports" that Abubacar had been mistreated and denied medical attention.
But the spokesman for the public prosecutor's office, Armando Wilson, was quoted by local media Thursday as saying the journalist"is in good health and not suffering from maltreatment".
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