Journaliste en danger (JED)

Radio Okapi was jammed after failing to submit its programme schedule to the Congolese High Council for Broadcasting and Communication (CSAC).

While welcoming moves to implement measures that guarantee media independence, IFEX-TMG calls on the Tunisian government to fully respect free expression in the new Constitution and put an end to attacks on journalists and artists.

The M23 rebels have suspended retransmission of three TV stations broadcasting from the capital, Kinshasa, leaving the the population with no access to news reports from the country’s capital since Tuesday.

Le Fax publisher Jean Moleki published an article in the 13 November issue of the paper which accused the minister for youth, sports and recreation of having misappropriated funds destined for the national team’s travel.

Radio Ngoma FM was closed indefinitely on 27 October 2012 by a local mayor who accused the station of “broadcasting information susceptible of disturbing the peace and fomenting political disharmony” in the DR Congo.

This month, Reporters Without Border and Journaliste en Danger presented a report on the state of freedom of information in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Central Africa. They also appealed to the leader of a Congolese rebel movement to protect journalists in M23-controlled territory.

Reporters Without Borders and Journalist in Danger wrote to the political coordinator of the M23 rebel movement, voicing concern about the dangers for journalists working in M23-controlled territory.

IFEX-TMG supports media strike in Tunisia on 17 October to protest media appointments and the failure to guarantee media freedom in the draft Constitution.