(JED/IFEX) – Delphin Manesa and Jean Kambamba, journalists with Radio Arc-en-ciel, broadcasting out of Kamako, were arrested on 28 December 2004 by a group of police officers acting under the orders of Mutombo Tshisala, the municipality’s deputy chief of police. Kamako is located approximately 180 kilometres from Tshikapa, the second largest city in West Kasaï […]
(JED/IFEX) – Delphin Manesa and Jean Kambamba, journalists with Radio Arc-en-ciel, broadcasting out of Kamako, were arrested on 28 December 2004 by a group of police officers acting under the orders of Mutombo Tshisala, the municipality’s deputy chief of police. Kamako is located approximately 180 kilometres from Tshikapa, the second largest city in West Kasaï province, central Democratic Republic of Congo.
According to JED sources, the officers were looking for Idrissa Katawa, the station’s director, after a 28 December broadcast of the programme “Tranche libre” (“Open Airwaves”) in which Katawa condemned the behaviour of Kamako police officers. Katawa reportedly accused the police of using force to compel local merchants to relocate to a newly-built marketplace.
