Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Forty IFEX members appeal for diplomatic support in detained journalists’ case
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Forty IFEX members signed on to a letter calling on the international community to press for the release of journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.
Thirty-seven IFEX members express concern about deterioration of free expression
Free expression advocates from around the world gathered this week in Oslo, Norway, at the IFEX General Meeting. Thirty-seven IFEX members signed on to a statement calling on the Azerbaijani authorities to address the deterioration in press freedom.
Broadcast ban on two independent media outlets lifted
(JED/IFEX) – On 4 May 2009, a broadcast ban on two Likasi-based, independent media outlets, Community Radio of Katanga (RCK) and Radiotélévision Likasi 4 (RTL4), was lifted. The ban was ordered on 11 March by Jean-Marie Dikanga Kazadi, the provincial minister of the interior, customs, security and communications. Likasi is the capital of the mining […]
Press still exposed to threats, pressure and censorship that undermines its credibility, says JED on World Press Freedom Day
(JED/IFEX) – Kinshasa, 2 May 2009 – As is the tradition each year, the entire world celebrates World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2009. This year, the chosen theme is “Media, dialogue and mutual understanding.” The DR Congo is experiencing, in many of its provinces, conflicts or continued ethnic tensions that constitute volcanoes that […]
Journalist appears in court on defamation charges
(JED/IFEX) – Rodrigo Angwe, a Malabo-based correspondent for Radio France Internationale (RFI) and Agence France Presse (AFP), was summoned to court on 15 April 2009 on charges of insult, slander and defamation after he alleged that the director general of Equatorial Guinea’s national airline, CEIBA Intercontinental, had absconded with 3.5 million FCFA (approx. US$7 million). […]
Journalist Jean-Pierre Katende briefly detained following broadcast of controversial programme
(JED/IFEX) – On 4 April 2009, Jean-Pierre Katende, a journalist with Radio Télévision de l’Eglise Evangélique Libre d’Afrique (RTEELDA), a religious*broadcaster based in Mbuji-Mayi, capital of Western Kasai province, in central DR Congo, was briefly detained by the National Intelligence Agency’s (Agence Nationale des Renseignements, ANR) local branch. According to JED, the ANR blamed Katende […]
JED denounces attempts to silence the media during political crisis
(JED/IFEX) – The following is an abridged translation of a 20 March 2009 JED press release: Journaliste en Danger (JED) is concerned about attempts to silence media outlets during the current parliamentary crisis, and in particular, to stifle all reporting on the president of the National Assembly, Vital Kamerhe. Kamerhe is at the centre of […]
News website editor Jean-Claude Kavumbagu acquitted of defamation after six months in detention
(JED/IFEX) – On 18 March 2009, Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, editor of the Net Press news website, was acquitted of defaming Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza and released from Mpimba central prison, where he has been detained since 11 September 2008. The decision to release the editor was made the night before, but the procedure took 24 hours. […]