(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the detention of a journalist at a Kinshasa military camp. According to RSF’s information, on Tuesday, 12 January 1999, Thierry Kyalumba, editor-in-chief of the twice weekly newspaper “Vision”, was arrested in Kinshasa. On 15 January, he was referred to the military court, accused of “disclosing military secrets in wartime.” Under […]
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the detention of a journalist at a Kinshasa
military camp. According to RSF’s information, on Tuesday, 12 January 1999,
Thierry Kyalumba, editor-in-chief of the twice weekly newspaper “Vision”,
was arrested in Kinshasa. On 15 January, he was referred to the military
court, accused of “disclosing military secrets in wartime.” Under the pen
name Elvis Bumba, the journalist had published an article suggesting that
Uganda had purchased an important number of missiles intended for rebel
groups active in the Kasaï provinces (East of Kinshasa). Kyalumba is
detained at the Kokolo military camp in the Congolese capital.
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court,
whose decisions are final (defendents have no right to appeal), without
commenting on the details of the case
Mbakulu Pampu Diambu, is still detained, and awaits a decision by this same
court
released and that their cases are transferred to a civilian court
Appeals To
Mr. Laurent-Désiré Kabila
President
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Fax: +243 88 02120 / +1 202 234 2609
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