Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Journalist and newspaper vendor freed from jail
On Saturday 15 January 2000, at 12:00 p.m and 1:00 p.m. (local time), Kazadi Mbayo Djodjo, director of the Kinshasa weekly “La Palme d’Or” and Gaspard Baïla Linoga, director of sales for the satirical newspaper “Pot-Pourri”, were freed from jail. They spent 68 and 37 days in jail without hearings, respectively, in the external office […]
Public hearing scheduled for Loseke case, delayed
(JED/IFEX) – According to information obtained from the Clerk’s Office of the Military Order Court (COM), Freddy Loseke Lisumbu la Yayenga, editor of “La Libre Afrique” newspaper, was scheduled to appear in court for a second hearing on Wednesday 19 January 2000. The new hearing was to be a public one. However, the public hearing […]
Thought disappeared, Freddy Loseke tried behind closed doors
(JED/IFEX) – Contrary to previous information that was widely disseminated, Freddy Loseke Lisumbu la Yayenga, editor of the newspaper “La Libre Afrique”, published in Kinshasa, is still being detained in the Kokolo military camp. The camp is the head office of the Seventh Military Region of the Congolese Armed Forces (Forces armées congolaises, FAC) in […]
Journalist Freddy Loseke Lisumbu missing from his cell at the Kokolo military base
**Updates IFEX alert of 7 January 2000** (JED/IFEX) – Freddy Loseke Lisumbu La Yayenga, managing editor of “La Libre Afrique”, published three times a week, has been missing from his solitary confinement cell at the Kokolo military base in Kinshasa/Lingwala since Sunday 9 January 2000. According to guards, the journalist allegedly escaped from his cell. […]
Released journalist Joseph Mbakulu holds press conference
**Updates IFEX alerts of 31, 30, 14, 13 and 10 December, 19 October, 30 July and 26 March 1999 and 8 December 1998** (JED/IFEX) – The following is a JED press release: “My acquittal represents a victory for ethics and journalism’s code of ethics over an erroneous notion of journalism in times of peace or […]
“La Libre Afrique” journalist arrested in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – On Monday 3 January 2000, Freddy Loseke Lisumbu La Yayenga, managing editor of the Kinshasa newspaper “La Libre Afrique”, published three times a week, was arrested at his home by a group of soldiers. According to information confirmed on the morning of 7 January, he is being held in solitary confinement at the […]
Two journalists and one newspaper vendor still detained
**Updates IFEX alerts of 31, 13, 10 and 9 December and 12 and 8 November 1999** (JED/IFEX) – In a 6 January 2000 press release distributed from Kinshasa, JED applauded the 3 January meeting between President Kabila and Congolese politicians and noted President Kabila’s statements to the effect that he had never ordered anyone’s arrest. […]
Court of Military Order acquits journalist Joseph Mbakulu
**Updates IFEX alerts of 14, 13 and 10 December, 19 October, 30 July and 26 March 1999 and 8 December 1998** (JED/IFEX) – On Thursday 30 December 1999 at 12:10 p.m. (local time), the Court of Military Order (COM) acquitted journalist Joseph Mbakulu Pambu Diana. Under the direction of Judge Edouard Phongo Bokako, the COM […]