Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
RTNC-Goma reporter suspended without pay after interviewing disaffected general
(JED/IFEX) – Michel Mutabesha Bakuza, a reporter at Radiotélévision nationale congolaise’s (RTNC-the public broadcaster) Goma station, was suspended without pay on 8 May 2007 by RTNC-Goma director Gabriel Lukeka after broadcasting an interview with a former rebel general. Goma is the capital of North Kivu province, in eastern DRC. The suspension stems from Mutabesha’s 6 […]
Journalist in police custody in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – Phambu Lutete, the publisher of the Kinshasa-based bi-weekly newspaper “La Tolérance”, has been in the custody of Kinshasa’s Provincial Police Inspection (IPK) unit since his arrest on 6 May 2007. On 8 May, Lutete was transferred to the Kinshasa/Matete High Court Prosecutor’s Office. The journalist was charged with “threatening and attempted swindling” of […]
JED appeals for end to state violence against media in World Press Freedom Day statement
(JED/IFEX) – The following is an abridged 2 May 2007 JED press release: JED appeals for the end of state violence against journalists and the media Kinshasa, 2 May 2007 On the occasion of the 17th World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2007, JED wishes to draw the attention of the public, both nationally […]
Journalist released after being held for more than five months without a hearing
(JED/IFEX) – Journalist in Danger (JED) welcomes the release of Papy Tembe Moroni on April 13, 2007, in Kinshasa. Tembe, a cameraman and reporter with the privately-owned Canal Congo Television (CCTV), was detained for 132 days in the cells of Kinshasa’s Secret Service Police and at the Centre pénitentiaire et de rééducation de Kinshasa (CPRK), […]
One month on, soldiers’ occupation of community radio station in Luebo continues
(JED/IFEX) – Soldiers acting on the orders of Oscar Malongi, Kasaï district commissioner, have occupied the premises of the community radio station ODL since 17 March 2007. They brutally stopped all broadcasts and chased away all staff members found on site. For the last month, they have occupied the premises and forbidden any access to […]
JED expresses disappointment following verdict in case of murdered journalist Franck Ngyke and his wife
(JED/IFEX) – The military court of the Kinshasa/Matete garrison in the Democratic Republic of Congo pronounced on 13 April 2007 its verdict in the murder trial of journalist Franck Ngyke and his wife Hélène Mpaka. Joël Munganda, the main defendant, and Papy Munongo were sentenced to death. The third defendant, Didier Awatimbine, was sentenced to […]
Prosecutor calls for death sentence against alleged assassins of journalist Franck Ngyke
(JED/IFEX) – During the 4 April 2007 public hearing of the Kinshasa/Matete Military Court, the prosecution requested death sentences for the alleged assassins of journalist Franck Ngyke and his wife Hélène Mpaka, assassinated in their home on the night of 2-3 November 2005. For the prosecution, the call for the death penalty, which excluded many […]
JED appeals to military auditor general to intervene in unjust detention of two journalists
(JED/IFEX) – In a 14 March 2007 letter to Brigadier General Joseph Ponde Isambwa, the Kinshasa Military High Court’s auditor general, JED expressed urgent concern over the prolonged detention of two journalists: Bosange Mbaka (aka “Che Guevara”) of “Mambenga” magazine and Papy Ntembe Moroni, a cameraman for the privately-owned Canal Congo Télévision (CCTV). Both men […]