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Expelled
February 15
Jane Standley, BBC, EXPELLED
BBC crew, HARASSED
Nairobi-based correspondent Standley was expelled from Zaire at the border town of Goma because of her coverage of relief workers' charges that Zairean troops were pillaging the Kibumba camp for Rwandan refugees. The expulsion was ordered by Zairean Interior Minister Gustave Malumba Mbangula, who claimed the workers' charges were "full of lies and damaged the dignity and security of the Zairean State." In a related incident, a BBC television crew in Goma was blocked from leaving the country by Zairean intelligence officials, who confiscated their passports.
May 23
Adrien de Mun, Free-lancer, HARASSED, EXPELLED
De Mun, a French free-lance journalist based in Rwanda and working for Radio France Internationale and several other international radio networks, was detained on unspecified charges in the Goma region of Zaire, then transferred to Kinshasa. The arrest followed the Zairean government's ban on journalists crossing into Zaire from neighboring countries. De Mun was accused of working illegally in Zaire and expelled on May 29.
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