Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Radio Okapi reporter threatened by armed forces officers; JED expresses concern for media workers as new fighting breaks out in the eastern region
(JED/IFEX) – JED is extremely concerned about the safety of Radio Okapi’s Bunia correspondent Jean-Paul Basila, who has been the object of recent threats by officers with the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC). Bunia is located in the Ituri region, in the north east of the country, where the FARDC […]
Global TV station manager in prison following “inciting rebellion” charges; journalist and cameraman in hiding after arrest warrants issued
(JED/IFEX) – Global TV station manager Daudet Lukombo was transferred to Kinshasa’s main prison (Centre Pénitentiaire et de Rééducation de Kinshasa, CPRK) on 18 September 2008 after seven days in police detention. Lukombo was arrested on 12 September following a raid on the privately-owned Kinshasa station. Following his 15 September hearing, Lukombo was charged with […]
TV station raided, manager detained after broadcast of controversial news conference
(JED/IFEX) – JED reiterates its urgent call for the release of Daudet Lukombo, Global TV’s station manager, who was detained in secret for 48 hours in a cell at the police special services branch known as Kin-Mazière, before being transferred on 13 September 2008 at around 1:00 p.m. (local time) to a cell at the […]
Journalist in Kananga receives death threats, forced into hiding for predicting failure of start of new school year
(JED/IFEX) – On 25 August 2008, Jeff Kande, a journalist with Radio-Television Amazone (RTA), a privately-owned broadcaster based in Kananga, capital of Western Kasaï province in central DR Congo, received anonymous phone calls threatening him with imminent death. According to information obtained by JED, the threats followed the 20 August broadcast on RTA of a […]
Publication director acquitted of defaming provincial governor
(JED/IFEX) – JED welcomes the 28 August 2008 ruling by the Kinshasa/Gombe Peace Court acquitting Achille Kadima Mulamba, publication director of the Kinshasa-based weekly “Africa News”, who has been facing legal action since 2 July for defamation of the governor of Equateur province, José Makila, a member of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo […]
TV journalist released after overnight detention for allowing criticism of local authorities to be aired
(JED/RSF/IFEX) – The following is an 11 July 2008 JED and RSF joint press release: Intelligence agents hold TV journalist overnight at provincial governor’s behest Reporters Without Borders and its partner organisation in Democratic Republic of Congo, Journalist in Danger (JED), are relieved to learn that Mila Dipenge of privately-owned TV station Télé Kindu Maniema […]
Documentary filmmaker, his assistant summoned and interrogated by national security agents
(JED/IFEX) – On 7 July 2008, Danish documentary film producer and director Franck Polsein Piesecki and his Congolese assistant Sekombi Katontolo were summoned and held in Goma for 5 hours by agents of the National Intelligence Agency (Agence nationale des renseignements, ANR). Piesecki was working on a documentary called “Blood Mobile” about the country’s mining […]
Journalist, his assistant transferred to Kinshasa jail following several months of secret detention
(JED/IFEX) – The following is an abridged translation of a 9 June 2008 JED press release: On the evening of 6 June 2008, Nsimba Embete Ponte, editor of the privately-owned twice-weekly newspaper “L’interprète”, and his assistant, Davin Ntondo Nzovuangu, were transferred from the National Intelligence Agency (ANR), on the bank of the Congo River, near […]