(JED/IFEX) – On 10 July 2004, the Butembo High Court granted Nicaise Kibel-Bel-Oka, publisher and editor of the Beni-based newspaper “Les Coulisses”, a temporary release. The journalist had been detained at the Beni central prison for 21 days. Kibel-Bel-Oka told JED that he paid US$200 in bail. Beni is located in North Kivu province, eastern […]
(JED/IFEX) – On 10 July 2004, the Butembo High Court granted Nicaise Kibel-Bel-Oka, publisher and editor of the Beni-based newspaper “Les Coulisses”, a temporary release. The journalist had been detained at the Beni central prison for 21 days. Kibel-Bel-Oka told JED that he paid US$200 in bail. Beni is located in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
The court also agreed to hear Kibel-Bel-Oka’s appeal of his earlier sentence. The first hearing was scheduled for 6 August.
