(RSF/IFEX) – On 6 December 1997, Pontien Tshisungu, a journalist with the broadcaster RTNC, was arrested and detained at Goma central prison. The arrest of Tshisungu is said to be linked to the disclosure of an attempted attack on Minister of the Interior Mwenze Kongolo during a trip by the minister to the Nord-Kivu region […]
(RSF/IFEX) – On 6 December 1997, Pontien Tshisungu, a journalist
with the broadcaster RTNC, was arrested and detained at Goma
central prison. The arrest of Tshisungu is said to be linked to
the disclosure of an attempted attack on Minister of the Interior
Mwenze Kongolo during a trip by the minister to the Nord-Kivu
region as well as to Rwanda. Tshisungu was part of the entourage
that accompanied Kongolo.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to authorities:
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Article 19 of which
guarantees the right to inform and to be informed
taken by Zaire in the international community, and, consequently,
to make public the reasons for the arrest of Pontien Tshisungu
and to do everything in their power to obtain his release
Appeals To
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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