Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Journalist and his spouse arrested in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – The following is a 17 February 2003 JED press release: Kinshasa, 17 February 2003 Journalist from “La Tempête des Tropiques” newspaper and his wife arrested in Kinshasa On Friday 14 February 2003, at around 6:00 a.m., National Intelligence Agency (Agence nationale des renseignements, ANR) agents arrested Bamporiki Chamira, a journalist with the Kinshasa-based […]
Journalist arrested and beaten up by police officers
(JED/IFEX) – On 11 February 2003, in the early afternoon, journalist Jules Tambwe Itagali was arrested by officers from the Congolese National Police’s Special Services branch. The journalist, who works for “Uhuru”, a Kinshasa-based newspaper that appears twice weekly, was arrested at the offices of the National Electric Company (Société nationale d’électricité, SNEL). Itagali was […]
Legal action brought against two journalists
(JED/IFEX) – Journalist Gisèle Ossambia and publication director Kabeya Pindi Pasi, both with the Kinshasa-based bi-weekly newspaper “Numerica”, have been ordered to appear before a Kinshasa/Gombe court on 10 January 2003 to answer charges of having directed “harmful accusations” and “insults” against Agathe Mulimbi, president of the National Bureau for the Promotion of Social Action […]
Radio journalist arrested and jailed in Tshikapa
(JED/IFEX) – On 31 December 2002, at about 2:00 p.m. (local time), seven soldiers claiming to be from the Congolese Armed Forces’ (Forces armées congolaises, FAC) Military Intelligence Branch (Detection militaire des activités anti-patrie, renseignements militaires, DEMIAP) arrested Kadima Mukombe, a journalist from Radio Kilimandjaro, which broadcasts in Tshikapa (a diamond-rich city in West Kasai […]
JED publishes annual report: 33 journalists arrested in the DRC in 2002
(JED/IFEX) – The following is a 9 December 2002 JED press release: Kinshasa, 9 December 2002 JED presents its 2002 annual report: 33 journalists arrested in the DRC On Monday 9 December 2002, on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Journaliste en Danger (JED), a non-governmental organisation dedicated […]
Radio Maendeleo closed, two journalists arrested and detained in Bukavu
(JED/IFEX) – On 9 December 2002, at around 1:20 p.m. (local time), intelligence services agents from the Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie (RCD, a rebel movement that controls the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern region with Rwandan support), accompanied by police officers, closed the offices of Radio Maendeleo, a community radio station based in Bukavu, […]
Journalist released, another to remain imprisoned for another three months
(RSF/JED/IFEX) – JED and RSF welcome the release of Delly Bonsange, publisher of the newspaper “Alerte Plus”. However, the two organisations note that the newspaper’s publication director, Raymond Kabala, is still detained at Kinshasa’s Penitentiary and Re-education Centre (Centre pénitentiaire et de rééducation de Kinshasa, CPRK). He is only scheduled to be released in February […]
Two journalists arrested and detained in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – On 2 December 2002, at around 10:30 a.m. (local time), officers from the Congolese National Police Special Services Branch arrested journalist Paulette Kimuntu and cameraman Kadima Baruani in front of the South African embassy in Kinshasa. Both journalists work for the private television station Radiotélévision Kin-Malebo (RTKM). Kimuntu and Baruani were taken to […]