Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Two private radio and television stations put under state control
(JED/IFEX) – According to information published in the pro-governmental daily “L’Avenir” (issue 1022 of Thursday 21 September 2000), the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) minister of communications, Dominique Sakombi Inongo, has decided to put the private station RTKM (Radio-Télévision Kin Malebo) under state control. In addition, Sakombi Inongo has put the private stations Canal Kin […]
Journalist imprisoned in Tshikapa
(JED/IFEX) – JED has learned that Pierre Sosthène Kambidi, the “Le Phare” daily’s permanent correspondent in Tshikapa (Western Kasai province, in the centre of the Democratic Republic of Congo), has been detained in the town’s central prison since 20 August 2000. Kambidi was first held at the local office of the National Information Agency (Agence […]
Ten private radio and television stations barred from broadcasting
(JED/IFEX) – In a ministerial order signed and brought into effect on 14 September 2000 in Kinshasa, Dominique Sakombi Inongo, the new minister of communications of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), barred ten radio and television stations from broadcasting in the DRC. The affected stations are: Radio Elikya (owned by Kinshasa’s Catholic archdiocese), Radio […]
Franck Baku appeared in Kinshasa Central Prison’s council chambers
(JED/IFEX) – On Tuesday 12 September 2000, Franck Baku Fuita, editor-in-chief of “La Référence Plus” newspaper, appeared before the Peace Court (Tribunal de paix) of Kinshasa/Ngaliema, which sat in the council chamber of the Penitentiary and Reeducation Centre of Kinshasa (Centre pénitentiaire et de rééducation de Kinshasa, CPRK), formerly the Makala Central Prison. The court […]
Four individuals sentenced in treason case
(JED/IFEX) – The Court of Military Order (Cour d’ordre militaire, COM), which made its first and final rulings on Tuesday 12 September 2000 in Kinshasa/Gombe, sentenced Emile-Aimé Kakese Vinalu (publisher of “Le Carrousel” newspaper) and Jean-Pierre Ekanga Mukuna (publisher of “La Tribune de la Nation” newspaper) to two years’ imprisonment. Another journalist, Richard Nsamba Olangi, […]
One “La Référence Plus” journalist released, other refuses to appear before court
(JED/IFEX) – Franck Ngyke, head of the political column for the daily “La Référence Plus”, was released on the evening of Friday 8 September 2000 after five days detention in the cells of the National Information Agency (Agence national des renseignements, ANR) in Kinshasa/Gombe. His newspaper, which provided this information in its Saturday 9 September […]
Kakese trial: prosecution calls for ten years in prison for three journalists
(JED/IFEX) – At a Thursday 7 September 2000 public hearing, the prosecution for the Court of Military Order (Cour d’ordre militaire COM), represented by Commander Tsinu Phukuta, called for a sentence of ten years in prison for journalists Emile-Aimé Kakese Vinalu (publisher of the newspaper “Le Carrousel”), Jean-Pierre Mukuna Ekanga (editor of “La Tribune de […]
JED calls for the release of two journalists from “La Référence Plus”
(JED/IFEX) – In a 4 September 2000 letter to the public prosecutor of the Republic, Luhongo Kabinda Ngoy, JED called for the release of Franck Baku Fuita and Franck Ngyke, respectively editor-in-chief and head of the political column for the weekly “La Référence Plus”. Without entering into the substance of the two cases, JED said […]