(JED/IFEX) – On 11 July 2003, police officers arrested Ferdinand Samba, publication director of the daily “Le Démocrate”, based in Bangui, the capital, at the headquarters of the Central African Republic Private and Independent Press Publishers’ Association (Groupement des éditeurs de la presse privée et indépendante de Centrafrique, GEPPIC). Samba is being held at the […]
(JED/IFEX) – On 11 July 2003, police officers arrested Ferdinand Samba, publication director of the daily “Le Démocrate”, based in Bangui, the capital, at the headquarters of the Central African Republic Private and Independent Press Publishers’ Association (Groupement des éditeurs de la presse privée et indépendante de Centrafrique, GEPPIC). Samba is being held at the police station in Bangui’s port.
The journalist had published an article in his newspaper entitled, “Kaga Bandoro, the Popular Liberation Front attacks”. The article reported on violent acts committed by rampaging soldiers in the area near Kaga Bandoro, a city located 300 kilometres north of Bangui.
