Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
JED’s Tshikapa correspondent assaulted and injured by soldiers; cameraman detained briefly
(JED/IFEX) – On 29 June 2003, at around 5:00 p.m. (local time), Pierre-Sosthène Kambidi, a journalist with the private broadcaster Kilimandjaro, based in Tshikapa (in West Kasai province, central Democratic Republic of Congo), and JED’s correspondent in the city, was assaulted by Congolese Armed Forces (Forces armées congolaises, FAC) soldiers at Tshikapa’s Kanzala stadium. He […]
Photojournalist violently assaulted during football match in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – On 22 June 2003, Don John Bepengo, a sports photojournalist with the Kinshasa-based weekly “The Post”, was violently assaulted at Martyrs Stadium in Kinshasa by the Libyan national football team’s goaltender, Luis Agostino. Bepengo was covering the elimination round match for the 24th African Nations Cup pitting the national team of the Democratic […]
Director of private radio and television station detained and released in Mbuji-Mayi
(JED/IFEX) – On 21 June 2003, from 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. (local time), officers from the National Intelligence Agency’s Mbuji-Mayi branch (ANR/Mbuji-Mayi) detained Pierre Kanemo Ngongani, director of Radiotélévision Débout Kasaï (RTDK). The station is based in Mbuji-Mayi, the capital of East Kasai province in central Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). According to information […]
Journalist Bamporiki Chamira’s trial opens before Kinshasa’s State Security Court
(JED/IFEX) – On 17 June 2003, Bamporiki Chamira, a journalist with the Kinshasa-based daily “La Tempête des Tropiques”, appeared before Kinshasa’s State Security Court, presided by Judge Mbo Lupungu. Chamira has been detained since 14 February. The journalist has been officially charged with “direct or indirect participation in a plot aimed at eliminating President Joseph […]
Religious broadcaster shut down, journalists roughed up in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – Message de vie Radiotelevision (RTMV), a Kinshasa-based religious broadcaster owned by Pastor Fernando Kutino’s Army of Victory Church (Église Armée de Victoire), was shut down on 10 June 2003. According to various testimonies collected by JED, Congolese National Police officers in civilian clothes raided the Army of Victory Church’s premises, where the radio […]
Two journalists abducted, illegally detained and assaulted by soldiers
(JED/IFEX) – The following is a 7 June 2003 JED letter to General Dénis Kalume Numbi: Kinshasa, 7 June 2003 General Dénis Kalume Numbi Honourary Minister Kinshasa/Gombe Dear General, Concerning: the improper use of the military, abduction, illegal detention, assault and injuries to two journalists Journaliste en danger (JED), a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the […]
Private broadcaster’s director arrested in Tshikapa
(JED/IFEX) – On 7 June 2003, at 9:00 a.m. (local time), officers from the National Intelligence Agency’s Tshikapa branch (ANR/Tshikapa-Cité) arrested and detained Romain Kambala Bilolo, director of the private broadcaster Kasaï Horizon Radiotélévision (KHRT), in Tshikapa (West Kasai province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s central region). The officers took Bilolo to the security […]
Radio Sahuti ya Rehema director Joseph Nkinzo released
(JED/IFEX) – Joseph Nkinzo, director of Radio Sahuti ya Rehema (“The Voice of Mercy”), which airs in Bukavu, was released from custody on 29 May 2003. Bukavu is the main town in South Kivu province, located in the eastern half of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The area is controlled by the Congolese Rally […]