(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the arbitrary arrest of five journalists in Kinshasa. According to RSF’s information, on Wednesday, 3 February 1999, plainclothes members of the information service detained Moïse Musangana, Véron-Clément Kongo, Godefroid Ngamisata, Théodore Ngangu and Emmanuel Katshunga, respectively director, assistant editor-in-chief and reporters, at the offices of the newspaper “Potentiel”. The five […]
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the arbitrary arrest of five journalists in
Kinshasa. According to RSF’s information, on Wednesday, 3 February 1999,
plainclothes members of the information service detained Moïse Musangana,
Véron-Clément Kongo, Godefroid Ngamisata, Théodore Ngangu and Emmanuel
Katshunga, respectively director, assistant editor-in-chief and reporters,
at the offices of the newspaper “Potentiel”. The five journalists are being
held in underground cells of the National Information Agency. They are
allegedly blamed for publishing articles which are severely critical of
certain aspects of the new law regulating political parties.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to the President:the
poor treatment that the journalists may be subject to
more than exercise their right to inform, as guaranteed in the International
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by the Democratic Republic
of Congo, which stresses that everyone has the right to spread information
Appeals To
Mr. Laurent-Désiré Kabila
President
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
Fax: +243 88 02120 / +1 202 234 2609
Please copy appeals to the source if possible.
