Adrian de Mun, a French freelance journalist based in Rwanda and working for Radio France International and several other radio stations, was arrested in the Goma region of Zaire earlier this week. De Mun was transferred to the Zairian capital, Kinshasa, on Thursday 23 May 1996. The charges against him are still not known. The […]
Adrian de Mun, a French freelance journalist based in Rwanda and
working for Radio France International and several other radio
stations, was arrested in the Goma region of Zaire earlier this
week. De Mun was transferred to the Zairian capital, Kinshasa, on
Thursday 23 May 1996. The charges against him are still not known.
The arrest follows a Zairian ban on journalists crossing from
neighbouring Rwanda. Zaire has barred western journalists from
crossing into eastern Zaire from neighbouring countries since last
month and says they can only reach the region by travelling via
Kinshasa. At least one western journalist who crossed from Rwanda
was sent back since the ban was imposed.
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eastern Zaire from neighbouring countries be lifted
APPEALS:
Gustave Malumba Mbangula
Minister of the Interior
Ministry of the Interior
Kinshasa, Zaire
His Excellency Mobutu Sese Seko
President of the Republic of Zaire
Kinshasa-Ngaliema, Zaire
fax care of the Zairian diplomatic representative to your country
(in France)
Embassy of the Republic of Zaire
Fax: +33 1 42 89 80 09
(in Canada)
Embassy of the Republic of Zaire
18 Range Road
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 8J3 Canada
Fax: +1 613 747 9152
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