Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Kinshasa journalist arrested and jailed
(JED/IFEX) – On 24 November 2005, Michel Mukebayi Nkosso, publication director of the Kinshasa-based weekly “AfricaNews”, was arrested and jailed on the orders of the Prosecutor’s Office of the Kinshasa/Gombe High Court. Three judicial police officers arrested Mukebayi at his home early in the morning on 24 November. He was immediately transferred to a jail […]
Detained newspaper publisher charged by Kinshasa court
(JED/IFEX) – On 11 November 2005, Patrice Booto, publisher of the Kinshasa-based newspaper “Le Journal” and its supplement “Pool Malebo”, was charged with spreading “false rumours” by the public prosecutor’s office of the State Security Court (CSE) in Kinshasa/Lingwala, where his case was referred on 10 November in the late afternoon. A magistrate questioned the […]
Journalist threatened with death forced to reveal source
(JED/IFEX) – Patrice Booto, publisher of the Kinshasa-based newspaper “Le Journal” and its supplement “Pool Malebo”, has been forced by police officers holding a gun to his head to reveal one of his sources. Fearing for his life, the journalist revealed the name of his source, who police officers immediately arrested. Neither judicial police officers […]
Publisher of suspended newspaper arrested in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – In the early evening of 2 November 2005, Patrice Booto, publisher of the Kinshasa-based newspaper “Le Journal” and its supplement “Pool Malebo”, was arrested on Colonel Mondjiba Avenue in Kinshasa/Ngaliema by five armed men in civilian clothes. The journalist is being detained at the Kin-Mazière police station in Kinshasa/Gombe. On 3 November, JED […]
JED calls for “L’Alerte” publisher’s release and transfer of case to legal arena
(JED/IFEX) – The following is a 2 November 2005 JED press release: Illegal detention of publisher of “L’Alerte” JED calls on intelligence agency’s general administrator not to be both judge and a party to the case and to transfer journalist’s case to the justice system Kinshasa, 2 November 2005 In a 1 November 2005 letter […]
Journalist and his wife assassinated in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – The following is an abridged version of a JED press release: Journalist and his wife assassinated in Kinshasa Kinshasa, 3 November 2005 JED condemns the assassination of journalist Franck Ngyke Kangundu and his wife Hélène Mpaka. Ngyke, 52, a political columnist for the Kinshasa-based daily “La Référence Plus”, and his wife were killed […]
African free expression organisations launch network
(MFWA/IFEX) – The following is a 31 October 2005 joint press release by MFWA, Media Rights Agenda, Journaliste en danger and the Media Institute of Southern Africa: A three-day Conference of African freedom of expression promoting organisations has been held in Accra, Ghana to promote the advancement of press freedom and freedom of expression on […]
Publisher of privately-owned newspaper abducted
(JED/IFEX) – Jean-Marie Kanku, publisher of the Kinshasa-based newspaper “L’Alerte”, was abducted in the early afternoon of 28 October 2005 on Lumumba Boulevard in Kinshasa/N’Djili by three armed men in plain clothes who took him to a still unknown destination. Editorial staff at “L’Alerte” told JED that Kanku was abducted by National Intelligence Agency (ANR) […]