“Le Phare” editor-in-chief released
(CCPJ/IFEX) – CCPJ has learned that, on 19 November 1997, Polydor Muboyayi Mubanga, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper “Le Phare” who was detained on 8 September, was released. **Updates IFEX alerts of 23 and 9 September 1997**
Publisher arrested, “Le Palmares” newspaper suspended
Michel Luya, publisher of the opposition newspaper “Le Palmares”, was arrested at his home on 17 September 1995 and handed over to the court. He could face one to twelve months’ imprisonment. And, on 18 September, Minister of Information and the Press Boguo Makeli ordered “Le Palmares” suspended indefinitely. These actions follow the paper’s publication […]
French journalist arrested; Zaire imposes ban on journalists crossing from Rwanda
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 […]