Articles by Journaliste en danger (JED)
Journalist Emile-Aimé Kakese could face the death penalty
**Updates IFEX alerts of 12 July and 27 June 2000** (JED/IFEX) – Emile-Aimé Kakese Vinalu, publisher of the newspaper “Le Carrousel”, will appear, on a date that remains unknown, before the Court of Military Order (COM) in Kinshasa. The decision to refer him to this special jurisdiction, that acts as a court of first and […]
“Vision” newspaper’s materials returned
(JED/IFEX) – The “Vision” newspaper’s materials were returned on Monday 17 July 2000, in the late afternoon. The paper’s materials were seized by officers of the National Information Agency (Agence nationale de renseignements, ANR) during a search of the newspaper’s offices, on 11 July, in Kinshasa/Gombe. Kinyongo Saleh, “Vision”‘s publisher, personally retrieved the newspaper’s computers, […]
Journalist released
(JED/IFEX) – Xavier Bonané ya Nganzi, managing editor of the newspaper “Vision”, who was recently named as member of parliament by President Laurent-Désiré Kabila, was released on Sunday 16 July 2000. He had been detained for five days in an underground cell of the National Information Agency (Agence nationale de renseignements, ANR), in Kinshasa/Gombe. The […]
Publisher interrogated for close to four hours
(JED/IFEX) – On 12 July 2000, Polydor Muboyayi Mubanga, publisher of the daily “Le Phare”, was summoned to the Council of State Security (Conseil de sécurité d’État, CSE), where he was interrogated for close to four hours. Minutes were taken during the interrogation, which dealt with the publication of an article in the 19 June […]
Journalist dismissed, another indefinitely suspended
(JED/IFEX) – Patric Musuyi Mungala, a journalist with public radio station RTNC (Radiotélévision nationale congolaise), and Jérôme Ngandu Muyembe, director of television information with the same network, were dismissed and indefinitely suspended, respectively, by RTNC director José Kajangwa. The two journalists are accused of having broadcast the opinions of FECODI (Congolese Diamond Federation) members concerning […]
Newspaper’s computers and other materials seized
(JED/IFEX) – On Tuesday 11 July 2000, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (local time), ten officers of the National Information Agency (Agence nationale des renseignements, ANR), including two officers dressed in Rapid Intervention Police (Police d’intervention rapide, PIR) uniforms, searched the editorial offices of the weekly “Vision”, in Kinshasa/Gombe. The officers did not have […]
Journalist accused of “threatening State security”
(JED/IFEX) – Aimé Kakese Vinalu, publisher of the weekly “Le Carroussel”, is to appear before the Court of Military Order, charged with “threatening State security”. The date of his appearance has yet to be determined. Kakese was arrested on 23 June 2000. “I was told of the charge on Thursday 6 July 2000, in an […]
Journalist released
(JED/IFEX) – Richard Nsamba Olangi, publisher of the pro-governmental biweekly “Le Messager Africain”, was released on Friday 7 July 2000. He had been detained since 12 June. To recall, on 14 June, Nsamba Olangi was taken to the Kinshasa Central Prison (CPRK), after spending two days in a cell at the Kinshasa/Gombe public prosecutor’s office. […]