(RSF/IFEX) – On 25 November 1997, ten journalists were assaulted by police in Kinshasa. Following a press conference given by Arthur Z’ahidi Ngoma, leader of a political movement who was arrested the same day, police entered a bar where they took the journalists who had just attended the press conference to military headquarters in Kinshasa. […]
(RSF/IFEX) – On 25 November 1997, ten journalists were assaulted
by police in Kinshasa. Following a press conference given by
Arthur Z’ahidi Ngoma, leader of a political movement who was
arrested the same day, police entered a bar where they took the
journalists who had just attended the press conference to
military headquarters in Kinshasa. The journalists were beaten
and had their equipment confiscated before being released a short
while later.
Police refused to file an official report of the “punishment” of
the ten journalists for having covered a political demonstration.
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Human Rights guarantees the freedom to inform and to be informed
to reprisals and that they can carry out their duties freely
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Monsieur Laurent-Desire Kabila
President of the Democratic Republic of Congofax care of the DRC diplomatic representative to your country
(in France)
Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Fax: +33 1 42 89 80 09(in Canada)
Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo
18 Range Road
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 8J3 Canada
Fax: +1 613 747 9152
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