Arrivé en France à l’âge de 21 ans, Mortaza Behboudi y a le statut de réfugié. Tombé amoureux de Douarnenez, dans le Finistère, depuis son premier passage au festival de cinéma, en 2016, il projette de s’y marier. Ses interventions dans les écoles pour sensibiliser autour de la liberté de la presse et de l’exil ont touché la population, en témoigne le rassemblement d’une centaine de soutiens dès l’annonce de sa détention, lundi 6 février.

L’équipe de Splann ! se joint aux nombreuses voix qui réclament sa libération immédiate et demande aux autorités françaises à tout mettre en œuvre pour la permettre. Ni Mortaza, ni aucun·e autre journaliste ne doit être abandonné.

{ENG} Mortaza Behboudi is held in a prison in Kabul, Afghanistan, since the 7th of January. The French-Afghan journalist was detained two days earlier when he was going to get his press ID. At this time, Reporters without borders didn’t manage to collect complete information about the situation when contacted the Taliban authorities.

Mortaza Behboudi arrived in France when he was 21 years old as a refugee. He fell in love with Douarnenez, in the Breton department of Finistère, when he came for the first time to its Film Festival in 2016. He intends to get married in the city. The many interventions in schools about press freedom and refugee issues he made really got to Douarnenez’s population. Around 100 people were gathered there Monday 6 of February to ask for his release.

Splann !‘s team joins the many voices asking for his immediate release and asks the French authorities to do everything in their power to make it happen. Neither Mortaza or any other journalist shall be left behind.