Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Publisher of “La Manchette” arrested in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – The following is a 7 August 2001 JED press release: Publisher of twice-weekly La Manchette arrested in Kinshasa Kinshasa, 7 August 2001 François Mada Mbulungu, publisher of the twice-weekly La Manchette, published in Kinshasa, has been detained since Monday 6 August 2001 in an underground cell at the Public Prosecutor’s Office’s Criminal Investigation […]
Ban on Radio Maendeleo broadcasts lifted but station’s materials not returned
(JED/IFEX) – On Wednesday 8 August 2001, Radio Maendeleo, which broadcasts in Bukavu, a county town of South-Kivu Province under rebel control, started broadcasting anew after a two-year ban was lifted by Rassemblement congolais pour la démocratie (RCD, a rebel movement supported by Rwanda that controls the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern region) officials. Radio […]
Two journalists released in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – The following is a JED press release: The two journalists from the twice-weekly “Le Moniteur” who were arrested on 30 July were released Kinshasa, 2 August 2001 Pierre Kapepa and Rigobert Kwakala Kashama, associate publisher and publisher, respectively, of the Kinshasa-based twice-weekly newspaper Le Moniteur, were released on Thursday 2 August 2001 in […]
Two journalists transferred to the Kinshasa/Gombe High Court Public Prosecutor’s Office’s cells
(JED/IFEX) – The following is a JED press release: Two journalists transferred to the Kinshasa/Gombe High Court Public Prosecutor’s Office’s cells Kinshasa, 1 August 2001 On Wednesday 1 August 2001, Pierre Kapepa and Rigobert Kwakala Kashama, associate publisher and publisher, respectively, of the Kinshasa-based twice-weekly newspaper Le Moniteur, were transferred to the Kinshasa/Gombe High Court […]
Two journalists arrested, another released after spending five days in detention
(JED/IFEX) – The following is a 31 July 2001 JED press release: Kinshasa, 31 July 2001 On Monday 30 July 2001, Pierre Kapepa and Rigobert Kwakala Kashama, associate publisher and publisher of the twice-weekly Le Moniteur, respectively, were arrested by National Congolese Police Special Services officers. The journalists are being held at the “Kin-Mazière” cells […]
Journalist detained and undressed in public
(JED/IFEX) – The following is a 30 July 2001 JED press release: Kinshasa, 30 July 2001 On Monday 30 July 2001, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Michel Mukebayi Nkoso, publisher of the Kinshasa-based The Post, which publishes twice weekly, was arrested by Rapid Intervention Police (Police d’intervention rapide, PIR) officers on 30 June Boulevard in Kinshasa/Gombe, […]
Private radio and television stations to be forced to encrypt their programmes
(JED/IFEX) – The following is a 27 July 2001 JED press release: Kinshasa, 27 July 2001 In a letter to Kikaya bin Karubi, minister of communications and press, dated Friday 27 July 2001, Journaliste en danger (JED), a non-governmental organisation dedicated to the defence and promotion of press freedom in the Democratic Republic of Congo […]
Two BBC correspondents briefly detained in Kinshasa
(JED/IFEX) – On Tuesday 24 July 2001, in the early afternoon, Arnold Zaitman, Kinshasa correspondent for the Associated Press (AP) agency and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) radio, and his colleague Soyang Park were briefly detained on 30 June Boulevard in Kinshasa/Gombe by Rapid Intervention Police (Police d’intervention rapide, PIR) officers. They were taken to the […]