Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Court hands down 10 and nine-month sentences to editor, assistant, after more than nine months in detention
(JED/IFEX) – On 27 November 2008, Kinshasa’s N’Djili court handed down 10 and nine-month sentences, respectively, to Nsimba Embete Ponte, editor of the Kinshasa-based, independent bi-weekly l’”Interprète”, and his assistant, Davin Tondo Nzovuanga. The court’s decision was only made public a week later. The two men were arrested by state security agents in March and […]
Provincial governor accuses Radio Okapi journalist of collusion with rebels
(JED/IFEX) – The following is an abridged JED press release: Provincial governor accuses Radio Okapi journalist of collusion with rebels In a 2 December 2008 letter to Minister of the Interior and Public Safety Celestin Mbuyu, JED expressed deep concern over the various threats and stigmatisation directed at the Goma-based Radio Okapi, and particularly at […]
Media workers assaulted by political party activists in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – In a 26 November 2008 letter to Antoine Gizenga, national secretary of the Unified Lumumbist Party (Parti lumumbiste unifié, PALU), copied to the justice minister and public prosecutor, among others, JED strongly denounced “the attack on media professionals at the PALU headquarters in Kinshasa/Matete after being invited by telephone to cover a public […]
Radio Okapi journalist gunned down near his home in Bukavu
(JED/IFEX) – JED expresses deep regret and outrage at the murder of 34-year-old Radio Okapi journalist Didace Namujimbo on 21 November 2008. According to early reports received by the organisation, Namujimbo, who was on his way home from the station, was killed by a bullet to the neck fired at point-blank range at about 9:30 […]
Belgian reporter, interpreter and driver released, another journalist previously reported as dead found alive
(JED/IFEX) – The following is an abridged translation of a JED press release: JED expresses its relief at the release on 7 November 2008 of Thomas Scheen, a Belgian journalist and the Africa correspondent for the German newspaper “Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung”, his Congolese interpreter Charles Ntiricya and their driver. The three individuals were abducted on […]
Belgian journalist, interpreter and driver held by militia; radio station pillaged, two journalists missing
(JED/IFEX) – JED expresses serious concern for the safety of journalists and media personnel, both Congolese and foreign, caught in the crossfire between the National Congress for the Defence of the People (Congrès national pour la défense du peuple, CNDP) of deposed general Laurent Nkunda and the Maï Maï militias of the Coalition of Congolese […]
Global TV station manager released
(JED/IFEX) – Global TV station manager Daudet Lukombo was acquitted by a Kinshasa court on 28 September 2008 and released from prison. Lukombo was arrested on 12 September following a raid on the privately-owned Kinshasa station. Lukombo’s family told JED that they paid US$200 to the Gombe Court’s registry before his release papers would be […]
Community radio journalist held by security services for two days
(JED/IFEX) – Franck Masunzu, a journalist and host of a local community radio show in the town of Walikale, in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was released early in the afternoon of 14 October 2008 after being held for two days by the local office of the Agence Nationale des Renseignements […]