In DRC, CPJ welcomes releases

We issued the following statement today after the release of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung journalist Thomas Scheen, interpreter Charles Ntiricya and driver Roger Bangue, who were kidnapped by a pro-government militia last Tuesday in Kiwanja, in the war-torn east of the Democratic Republic of Congo…

“We are relieved that our colleagues have been safely released amid the terrible fighting in eastern DRC,” said CPJ Africa Program Coordinator, Tom Rhodes. “All sides in this conflict and U.N. peacekeepers must ensure the safety of journalists who are risking their lives to report on this tragedy.”