Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Journalist released after spending 34 days in Kinshasa central prison
(JED/IFEX) – Maurice Kayombo, a journalist with “Les Grands Enjeux”, an investigative magazine published in Kinshasa, was released on 12 February 2008, after spending 34 days in detention. The journalist told JED that he was released by order of the new justice and human rights minister. On 31 January, in a letter addressed to Justice […]
Two independent journalists sentenced for alleged defamation
(JED/IFEX) – On 8 February 2008, a Nyarugenge court sentenced Charles Kabonero and Didas Gasana, managing editor and editor-in-chief, respectively, of “Umuseso”, a privately-owned weekly newspaper published in Kigali, the capital city, to a one-year prison sentence suspended for two years, and a one million Rwandan franc (approx. US$2,000) fine. The two journalists were found […]
Journalist arrested and jailed following publication of articles critical of Mining Ministry
(JED/IFEX) – Maurice Kayombo, a journalist with “Les Grands Enjeux”, a monthly investigative magazine printed in South Africa and distributed in Kinshasa and Lubumbashi, has been detained for the past week in a holding cell of the Kinshasa/Gombe High Court. Officially, the journalist has been charged with blackmail and “disparaging an official” following a complaint […]
Ban on some 30 broadcasters partially lifted
(JED/IFEX) – JED welcomes the decision by the new minister of communication and media, Emile Bongeli, to partially lift the two-month-old ban on some 30 private broadcasters based in Kinshasa. In a 20 December 2007 decree, the minister, citing a report by the compliance monitoring commission (la commission de contrôle de conformité) established by his […]
Thirty-eight broadcasters remain suspended; minister threatens to shut down many of them permanently
(JED/IFEX) – The following is an abridged 21 November 2007 JED statement: JED denounces prolonged closure of some 30 radio and TV stations and the barely-veiled desire to silence bothersome media JED is shocked by the statements made by Information, Press and National Communications Minister Toussaint Tshilombo Send during the “Questions d’actualités” programme broadcast on […]
Onze journalistes brièvement interpellés et battus par la police pour avoir tenté de couvrir une manifestation de l’opposition à Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – Onze journalistes travaillant pour divers médias à Kinshasa ont été brièvement interpellés et battus, mardi 30 octobre 2007 vers 11H00 (heure locale) à Kinshasa/Kasa-Vubu, par la police nationale alors qu’ils tentaient de couvrir une manifestation “non autorisée” de l’opposition. Selon des informations obtenues par Journaliste en danger (JED), cette manifestation organisée par deux […]
Eleven journalists briefly detained and beaten by police for covering opposition demonstration in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – Eleven journalists working for various media outlets in Kinshasa were briefly detained and beaten, on 30 October 2007, in Kinshasa/Kasa-Vubu, by the police while covering an “unauthorised” demonstration of the opposition. According to information obtained by Journaliste en danger (JED), this demonstration organised by two members of the Union for the Nation (UN, […]
Two journalists beaten on order of government minister
(JED/IFEX) – The following is an abridged open letter from JED to Congolese Prime Minister Antoine Gizenga: Your Excellency, Mr. Prime Minister, Re: Beating of two journalists by government minister JED, an independent and non-partisan organisation for the defence and promotion of press freedom in the DR Congo and the alert network of the Central […]