Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Journalist faces charges for “offending” local chief
(JED/IFEX) – Gustave Mpinganayi, a correspondent for the Tshikapa-based Radio Kilimandjaro station in Kamonia, and a local correspondent for the Kinshasa-based weekly “Le Grande Monde”, appeared before a Kamonia satellite division of the Tshikapa court on 7 July 2004 to face charges of “offending” a local tribal chief. Kamonia is located approximately 80 km from […]
Colonel relieved of his duties following attack on community radio director
(JED/IFEX) – Colonel Bokeone of the Kasongo garrison in Maniema province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), was dismissed from duty on 20 June 2004, following a brutal attack on a radio director that left him in the hospital with severe injuries. Modeste Shabani, director of the Kasongo-based Sauti ya Mkaaji (The Voice of the […]
Journalist released on bail after 20 days in detention
(JED/IFEX) – On 26 June 2004, after 20 days in detention, Gustave Kalenga Kabanda, managing editor of the Kinshasa-based weekly “La Flamme du Congo”, was released by order of the Kinshasa/Gombe High Court’s public prosecutor. The journalist posted bail of 20,000 Congolese francs (approx. US$53).
Publication director summoned to court on defamation charges
(JED/IFEX) – Michel Michaut Moussala, publication director for the Douala-based bi-weekly “Aurore Plus”, has been summoned to appear before the Douala-Bonanjo Court of First Instance’s correctional division on 24 June 2004, to face insult and defamation charges brought by Joseph Antoine Bell, a former goalie for the Lions indomptables du Cameroun soccer team. Douala is […]
News director of public broadcaster suspended
(JED/IFEX) – On 15 June 2004, Patrick Simangoye, news director at Gabonese Radio-Television’s Channel 2 (Radiotélévision gabonaise, RTG2), a public broadcaster based in the capital, Libreville, was suspended by the station’s management at the request of Communications Minister Medhy Teale. According to information obtained by JED, the journalist is accused of “giving morality lessons” during […]
Radio station director savagely beaten by armed men
(JED/IFEX) – On 20 June 2004, Modeste Shabani, director of Sauti ya mkaaji (Voice of the Farmer) community radio station, which broadcasts from the city of Kasongo, in Maniema province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, was savagely beaten by armed men. The attackers were led by a certain Colonel Bokeone from the Kasongo garrison, who […]
Publisher-editor of “Les Coulisses” sentenced to six months in prison
(JED/IFEX) – On 19 June 2004, a court in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), sentenced Nicaise Kibel-Bel-Oka, publisher-editor of the Beni-based “Les Coulisses” newspaper, to six months in prison and payment of US$5,000 in damages and interest. On 20 June, JED was able to contact one of the journalist’s colleagues […]
President of National Union of Congolese Newspapers arrested in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – Kabeya Pindi Pasi, programming director for the Kinshasa-based private television station Tropicana TV and president of the National Union of Congolese Newspapers (Union nationale de la presse congolaise, UNPC), was arrested on 17 June 2004, at approximately 12:00 p.m. (local time), after violating a court-imposed ban on foreign music broadcasts. Pasi was taken […]