Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Privately-owned weekly suspended
(JED/IFEX) – Journalist in Distress (JED), an independent and non-partisan organization for the defense and promotion of freedom of expression, and member of the alert network of the Alerts Network of the Central African Media Organization (OMAC), is outraged by the National Council of Communications’ (CNC) suspension of the Libreville-based, privately-owned weekly, “L’Echo du Nord”. […]
Military court rejects requests of civil parties in Ngyke murder trial
(JED/IFEX) – During a 27 September 2006 hearing, the Kinshasa/Matete Military Court rejected all requests introduced by civil parties in the case of assassinated journalist Franck Ngyke and his wife, Hélène Mpaka. At the beginning of the trial, the civil parties urged the Court to guarantee its independence vis-à-vis the highest military command and to […]
Two television stations resume broadcasting after fire
(JED/IFEX) – Four days after a fire of unknown origin broke out at the Canal Congo Television (CCTV) and Canal Kin Television (CKTV) outlets, these stations can broadcast again. Since 22 September 2006, viewers in Kinshasa and some provinces of the DR Congo can again receive programmes broadcast by CCTV and CKTV. These two channels, […]
Journalist released on bail after spending 14 days in prison
(JED/IFEX) – The editor of the Kinshasa-based weekly “Tapis Rouge”, Feu D’or Bosange, was released on bail on 25 September 2006 at 5:00 p.m. (local time), after having spent 14 days in detention. According to his bail conditions, Bosange will have to appear every Tuesday and Thursday before the Kinshasa/Gombe High Court (TGI). On 12 […]
Editor jailed for criticising public tax director
(JED/IFEX) – Since 16 September 2006, Mr. Feu d’Or Bosange, the editor of the Kinshasa-based newspaper “Tapis Rouge”, has been detained in a Kinshasa penitentiary (Centre Pénitentiaire et de Rééducation de Kinshasa, CPRK). The editor was charged with “defamation and damaging allegations”, against the head of the public tax office (Direction Général des impost, DGI), […]
Two television channels destroyed by fire in Kinshasa, JED demands immediate investigation
(JED/IFEX) – Only a week after their broadcast programming had resumed, after being suspended by the illegal and unfair cutting of their signal for 21 days, both of the television channels, Canal Congo Television (CCTV) and Canal Kin Television (CKTV), were shut down again in the early evening hours of 18 September 2006, by a […]
JED appeals to UN special representative to ensure respect for press freedom
(JED/IFEX) – The following is an abridged version of a 5 September 2006 JED open letter to William Lacy Swing, special representative of the UN secretary general in DR Congo: Ambassador William Lacy Swing Special Representative of the UN Secretary General in DR Congo Kinshasa/Gombe There is still time to stop state violence against media […]
Three arrested for murder of journalist Bapuwa Mwamba
(JED/IFEX) – The National Police’s Kinshasa Provincial Criminal Investigation Unit (Inspection provinciale de la police nationale ville de Kinshasa, IPK) has released the names of journalist Bapuwa Mwamba’s three presumed killers. Mwamba was killed at his Kinshasa/Matete home on the night of 7 to 8 July 2006. The suspects are soldier Vungu Mbembo, also known […]