Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Sports journalist detained in Lubumbashi
(JED/IFEX) – Dieudonné Karl Nawezi, a sports journalist for the RTNC’s (Radiotélévision nationale congolaise, public network) provincial station in Katanga, has been locked up since 7 May 2002 in a cell at the ANR (National Intelligence Agency) in Lubumbashi, the provincial capital of Katanga. The journalist was arrested at 8 a.m. (local time) at his […]
Broadcast journalist arrested
(JED/IFEX) – José Feruzi Samwegele, a 33-year-old journalist with the public broadcaster RTNC 2 (Radiotélévision nationale congolaise 2) was arrested at the entrance to network offices in Kinshasa/Lingwala on 3 April 2002 by soldiers of the Congolese Armed Forces (Forces armées congolaises, FAC). He was taken to a jail in Kinshasa/Kintambo run by the Military […]
JED denounces government, police and tax harassment of community radio stations
(JED/IFEX) – The following is a 1 April 2002 JED press release: Community Radio: JED Denounces Government, Police and Tax Harassment Kinshasa, Monday, 1 April 2002 In a news conference on Friday, 29 March 2002, in Kinshasa to comment on its mission to Mbuji-Mayi (main centre of western Kasaï province), Journaliste en danger (JED) denounced […]
Human rights minister accuses JED of supporting the opposition and rebellion
(JED/IFEX) – The following is a JED press release: Human rights minister accuses JED of supporting the opposition and rebellion Kinshasa, Friday 29 March 2002 In a 27 March 2002 letter, received by Journaliste en danger (JED) on 28 March 2002, Human Rights Minister Ntumba Luaba Lumu accused JED of working for the opposition and […]
National television station’s music critic attacked in his home
(JED/IFEX) – On Wednesday 20 March 2002, Dieudonné Yangoumba Zomunde, a music critic and host of the Congolese National Television station’s (RTNC) programme Karibu Variétés, was attacked in his home on Mbomu Street, in the village of Linguala, by a group of youths armed with rocks and sticks. The youths were also joined by street […]
RCD/Goma rebels release journalist Raphaël Paluku Kyana, arrest human rights activist
(JED/IFEX) – Raphaël Paluku Kyana, director of Radio rurale de Kanyabayonga (RRKA) radio station, was released from detention on Thursday 14 March 2002. He was arrested on 9 March in Bunagana, a town located at the Democratic Republic of Congo’s border with Uganda. His personal effects and money, however, were not returned to him at […]
Newspapers seized, newspaper vendors and readers arrested in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – On Wednesday 13 March 2002, at about 11:00 a.m. (local time), Rapid Intervention Police (Police d’intervention rapide, PIR) agents seized newspapers that were for sale at various newsstands throughout Kinshasa. Several newspaper vendors and readers were forcibly loaded onto two vehicles and taken to an undisclosed location. Newspaper vendors told JED on Thursday […]
Director of rural radio station arrested in Goma
(JED/IFEX) – Raphaël Paluku Kyana, director of the Radio rurale de Kanyabayonga (RRKA) radio station, which broadcasts in North-Kivu province, was arrested on 9 March 2002. The region is under the control of the Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie (RCD), a rebel movement that is supported by Rwanda and is waging a war against the […]