Joseph Figueira Martin
Joseph Figueira Martin is a 42-year-old luso-Belgian researcher who arrived in the Central African Republic in May 2024 to work on a humanitarian project aimed at combating poverty with Family Health International 360 (FHI 360), a U.S.-based NGO focused on health. Unfortunately, just two days before his scheduled return to Portugal, he was kidnapped in Zémio by Russian mercenaries from the Wagner Group, who interrogated and tortured him for three days before handing him over to local authorities, where he remains detained.
Born on Oct 28, 1981 (44 years old)
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Portugal:
Joseph Figueira Martin was sentenced to ten years of forced labor in the Central African Republic after being kidnapped by the Wagner group.
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Portugal:
Joseph Figueira Martin is a Portuguese-Belgian anthropologist detained in the Central African Republic on charges of espionage and terrorism.
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Portugal:
Joseph Figueira Martin is a Portuguese humanitarian investigator who has been imprisoned in the Central African Republic for 513 days.
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Portugal:
Joseph Figueira Martin is a luso-belgian investigator who was kidnapped in the Central African Republic while working on a humanitarian project.
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