Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Two journalists imprisoned in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – Albert Kassa Khamy Mouya, former publication director of the newspaper “Le Lauréat” and currently a journalist with the newspaper “Fair Play”, and Rakys Bokela, publisher of the irregular Kinshasa-based newspaper “Le Collecteur”, have been held since 27 May 2004 at the General Court’s detention centre, near the Kinshasa-Gombe Appeals Court, and the Kinshasa […]
JED calls on interior minister to investigate death threats against Lubumbashi journalists
(JED/IFEX) – In a 28 May 2004 letter to Interior, Decentralisation and Security Minister Théophile Mbemba Fundu, JED expressed its concern over the growing number of journalists facing harassment and death threats in Katanga province, and particularly in the city of Lubumbashi, by individuals linked to Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza, a parliamentarian and former governor […]
Radio host arrested in Lubumbashi and released two days later
(JED/IFEX) – On the morning of 1 June 2004, Alexis Ndjeko, a law student and host with the Lubumbashi-based university radio station Radio Phoenix Université (RPU), was released after spending two days in detention. Lubumbashi is the main city in Katanga province, southern Democratic Republic of Congo. Contacted by JED, the radio station said Ndjeko […]
Journalist arrested
(JED/IFEX) – On 19 May 2004, judicial inspectors arrested Lucien-Claude Ngongo, publisher of the Kinshasa-based newspaper “Fair Play”. Ngongo was held for six days at the Kinshasa-Gombe High Court’s detention centre, before being transferred to the Kinshasa Penitentiary and Reeducation Centre (Centre pénitentiaire et de rééducation de Kinshasa, CPRK, formerly the Makala central prison). On […]
Journalist sentenced to six months in prison
(JED/IFEX) – On 25 May 2004, a Tshikapa court handed down a six-month sentence, including a two-month suspended sentence, to Roger Salomon Lulemba Kiabululu, a correspondent with the Kinshasa-based weekly “L’Eveil”, for defamation against local diamond developer Mwahindji Shamwenze. Kiabululu was also ordered to pay the equivalent of US$526 in damages to Shamwenze. Tshikapa is […]
Two journalists receive death threats
(JED/IFEX) – Rose Lukanu Tshakwiza, a journalist with Congolese National Radiotelevision’s (Radiotélévision nationale congolaise, RTNC) Lubumbashi station and a local Radio France International (RFI) correspondent, has been receiving death threats since 25 May 2004. The threats were reportedly received from anonymous phone callers claiming to be members of the youth branch of the Union of […]
Police raid newspaper’s offices
(JED/IFEX) – On 22 May 2004, a team of local police officers, under the authority of an unidentified senior officer, raided the newsroom of “N’djamena Hebdo”, a newspaper published out of the capital of N’djamena. The officers were reportedly looking for the paper’s publication director, or possibly other journalists. None were present at the time […]
Journalist arrested, house searched
(JED/IFEX) – On 21 May 2004, at about 8:00 a.m. (local time), Corneille Wanguia-Vickot, assistant editor-in-chief of the daily “Le Confident”, published in the capital, Bangui, was arrested on the order of Interior Minister Jules Bernard Ouande. The journalist’s home was also raided after he refused to disclose his sources for a story. He was […]