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Journalist released

(RSF/IFEX) – On 23 July 1999, Freddy Loseke Lisumbu, the editor-in-chief of the three times weekly “La Libre Afrique”, was released from detention. He was notified of the decision to release him temporarily by the Kinshasa-Kasa Vubu court’s presiding judge, Kabira Faïda. Loseke is still barred from going to airports, train stations and ports in […]

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Two journalists face sentencing

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Minister of Justice Mwenze Kongolo, RSF has asked that Jean-Fidèle Mamba and Freddy Loseke Lisumbu not receive prison sentences. RSF recalled that “international human rights bodies consider the passing of prison sentences for violations of press laws as disproportionate to the prejudice suffered by the victim.” Robert Ménard, the […]

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A detainee falsely identified himself as a journalist

(RSF/IFEX) – The following is a correction and information note from RSF: **Updates IFEX alert of 18 February 1999** Paris, 26 May 1999 Further to a thorough investigation by Journaliste en Danger, a Congolese press freedom organisation, we have received confirmation that Oscar Kangoa falsely identified himself as a journalist. This young man is imprisoned […]

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Journalist released

(RSF/IFEX) – On 12 May 1999, Stéphane Kitutu O’Léontwa, director of the Union de la presse de République démocratique du Congo (Congolese Press Union, UPC), was released after having spent four days in solitary confinement at the judicial police offices in Kinshasa. The journalist had been arrested and held instead of the individuals in charge […]

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Congolese Press Union president jailed

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the jailing of the Congo Press Union president. According to RSF’s information, Stéphane Kitutu O’Léontwa, president of the professional organisation Union de la presse du Congo (Congolese Press Union, UPC) and former president-general delegate of Radiotélévision congolaise (Congolese Radio-television, RTNC), was detained for questioning by police officers on 8 May […]

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Journalist released

(RSF/IFEX) – On 5 May 1999, Gustave Kalenga, a journalist with “La Flamme du Congo” newspaper, was released from the Makala central prison. His release follows the withdrawal of a complaint filed by the company Minière de Bawanga. On 3 April, Kalenga, the newspaper’s editor-in-chief, had been sentenced to an eight-month prison sentence. The withdrawal […]

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WAN condemns journalists’ imprisonment

(WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: **Updates IFEX alerts as noted in the text** Paris, 4 May 1999 For immediate release WAN Condemns Imprisonment of Journalists in DR Congo The World Association of Newspapers has condemned the imprisonment of three journalists in the Democratic Republic of Congo and said their trials had […]

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Journalist imprisoned

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the imprisonment of a journalist in Kinshasa. **Updates IFEX alert of 6 April 1999** According to RSF’s information, Gustave Kalenga, the editor-in-chief of the weekly “La Flamme du Congo”, was detained for questioning at his residence on the night of 25 to 26 April 1999. The next day, he was […]

Link to: Two journalists sentenced to prison terms

Two journalists sentenced to prison terms

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the sentencing of two journalists to prison terms with no parole. According to RSF’s information, on 3 April 1999, Gustave Kalenga, editor-in-chief of the weekly “La Flamme du Congo”, and Kasonga Tshilunde, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “L’Eveil”, were sentenced by the Lagombe court (Kinshasa), respectively, to eight and ten month […]

Link to: Journalist sentenced to four-year prison term; two other journalists released

Journalist sentenced to four-year prison term; two other journalists released

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the four-year prison sentence delivered by the Court of Military Order against a journalist, with no possibility of appeal or parole. **Updates IFEX alerts of 26 March, 25 March, 16 March, 15 March and 19 January 1999** According to RSF’s information, on 30 March 1999, Thierry Kyalumba, editor-in-chief of the […]

Link to: Journalists still detained, one faces four-year jail term

Journalists still detained, one faces four-year jail term

(CPJ/IFEX) – CPJ is expressing its deep concern over the continued detentions of four journalists – Thierry Kyalumba, André Ipakala, and Modeste Muntinga, editors for the private newspapers “Vision”, “La Référence Plus” and “Le Potentiel”, respectively, and Mbakulu Pambu Diambu, president of the local chapter of the Congolese Press Union and broadcaster for the private […]

Link to: RSF protests decision to refer two journalists to military court

RSF protests decision to refer two journalists to military court

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the decision to defer two journalists to the Court of Military Order. According to RSF’s information, André Ipakala and Modeste Mutinga, editors-in-chief of the dailies “La Référence Plus” and “Le Potentiel”, respectively, were deferred, on 24 March 1999, to the Kinshasa Court of Military Order. They are currently held at […]

Link to: Editors arrested after attending peace conference placed in custody  of the Court of Military Order

Editors arrested after attending peace conference placed in custody of the Court of Military Order

(CPJ/IFEX) – On 24 March 1999, Andre Ipakala and Modeste Mutinga, editors for the private daily newspapers “La Reference Plus” and “Le Potentiel,” respectively, were transferred from National Information Agency (ANR) headquarters, where they had been detained since 14 March, to the Court of Military Order (Cour d’Ordre Militaire) in Kinshasa, and placed under its […]

Link to: Two editors, returning from Peace conference, arrested at airport

Two editors, returning from Peace conference, arrested at airport

(CPJ/IFEX) – On 14 March 1999, airport security agents arrested Andre Ipakala and Modeste Mutinga, editors for the private daily newspapers “La Reference Plus” and “Le Potentiel,” respectively, at the Ndjili airport in Kinshasa upon their return from Pretoria, South Africa, where they had attended a peace conference on the conflict in the Democratic Republic […]

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Two newspaper editors detained in Kinshasa

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the detention of two newspaper editors in Kinshasa. According to RSF’s information, André Ipakala and Modeste Mutinga, editors, respectively, of the dailies “La Référence Plus” and “Le Potentiel”, were arrested on 14 March 1999 upon their return from Durban (South Africa). Detained for questioning at the Kinshasa airport by the […]

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Three journalists wrongfully dismissed

(RSF/IFEX) – On 12 February 1999, three journalists with dual Gabonese and Congolese nationality were wrongfully dismissed from the Africa No. 1 panafrican radio station. Placide Ibouanga Ndinga, Gervais Rouanga Ngoma and J. Mathurin Yembangoye, Africa No. 1 journalists in Libreville (Gabon), were dismissed after the Congolese government of Denis Sassou Ngesso exerted pressure on […]