(RSF/IFEX) – According to information made available by RSF on 27 May 1998, on 25 May, Kidimbu Mpese and Awazi Kharomon, production editor and assistant editor-in-chief respectively of the private newspaper “Le Soft,” were arrested in Kinshasa (the capital city), by military security forces. The two journalists are being detained at the National Security Council […]
(RSF/IFEX) – According to information made available by RSF on 27 May 1998,
on 25 May, Kidimbu Mpese and Awazi Kharomon, production editor and assistant
editor-in-chief respectively of the private newspaper “Le Soft,” were
arrested in Kinshasa (the capital city), by military security forces. The
two journalists are being detained at the National Security Council (CNS)
premises for “publishing articles which undermine government actions.”
Recommended Action
Send appeals to authorities:
Rights, Article 19 of which guarantees the right to inform and be informed
release
of Kidimbu Mpese et Awazi Kharomon
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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