(JED/IFEX) – Television show host Honore Kabongo, of the morning programme “Écran matinale” (“Morning View”), was released on 29 November 2006 at 2:00 p.m. (local time). He spent four days in detention at the Congolese special police headquarters, commonly known as Kin Mazière. The journalist reported that he was left almost completely naked during the […]
(JED/IFEX) – Television show host Honore Kabongo, of the morning programme “Écran matinale” (“Morning View”), was released on 29 November 2006 at 2:00 p.m. (local time). He spent four days in detention at the Congolese special police headquarters, commonly known as Kin Mazière. The journalist reported that he was left almost completely naked during the course of his detention and that his wedding ring was taken away and only given back after he lodged several complaints.
During his hearing by a law enforcement officer on 25 November 2006, Kabongo was charged with “inciting hatred”, and he was fined before his release. The police only returned two of five cameras which they had confiscated and they also failed to return five mobile phones that were also seized.
