DRC minister reopens 22 stations
New York, December 21, 2007— CPJ welcomed the DRC’s decision yesterday to lift an October ban on 22 of 38 radio and television stations. The new minister of communication and media, Emile Bongeli, signed a decree authorizing the 22 radio and television stations to return to the air, including Canal Kin Television, Molière TV, and…
CPJ engages Bush, Kabila on media violations in Congo
Dear President Bush: In advance of your meeting with the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Joseph Kabila, the Committee to Protect Journalists would like to draw your attention to the acute problem of impunity in cases of violence against media workers. CPJ is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending press freedom worldwide.
In DRC, TV reporters beaten, 38 broadcasters banned
New York, October 25, 2007—A Congolese government minister invited two television journalists to his office in the capital, Kinshasa, and then ordered police to beat them when they arrived, according to news reports and local press freedom group Journaliste en Danger. The incident came on the heels of a government decree summarily banning 38 private…
In DRC, TV reporters beaten, 38 broadcasters banned
New York, October 25, 2007—A Congolese government minister invited two television journalists to his office in the capital, Kinshasa, and then ordered police to beat them when they arrived, according to news reports and local press freedom group Journaliste en Danger. The incident came on the heels of a government decree summarily banning 38 private…
DRC: Rebels loot radio station’s broadcast equipment
New York, September 6, 2007—Community radio station Radio Colombe was raided by rebel soldiers on Saturday night in Rutshuru, north of Goma in the DRC, according to the station’s director, Hubert Furugupa. A group of armed men aligned with rebel general Laurent Nkunda kidnapped two reporters and stole radio equipment and a generator from the…
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Intelligence agents question four TV journalists over interview
AUGUST 26, 2007 Posted September 5, 2005 Stéphane Kitutu O’Leontwa, Canal Congo Télévision Thierry Musenepo, Business Radio Télévision Christian Ali, Business Radio TélévisionTutu Kazadi, Business Radio TélévisionHARASSED
In DRC, police disrupt photojournalists’ march honoring slain colleague
New York, August 16, 2007—A peaceful march today led by photojournalists in DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, to demand justice for last week’s assassination of freelance photojournalist Patrick Kikuku Wilungula was interrupted and dispersed by police, according to press freedom group Journaliste en Danger and local journalists.
DRC: Radio host jailed for three days over commentary critical of magistrates
August 15, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 Paul Kabanga Malumba, Radio Communautaire du Katanga IMPRISONED Malumba, the host of a popular morning civic education program on private station Radio Communautaire du Katanga in the mining city of Likasi in southern Katanga province, was summarily thrown into jail after a magistrate lured him into the prosecutor’s…
In DRC, police disrupt photojournalists’ march honoring slain colleague
New York, August 16, 2007—A peaceful march today led by photojournalists in DRC’s capital, Kinshasa, to demand justice for last week’s assassination of freelance photojournalist Patrick Kikuku Wilungula was interrupted and dispersed by police, according to press freedom group Journaliste en Danger and local journalists.
DRC: Radio host jailed for three days over commentary critical of police
August 11, 2007 Posted August 24, 2007 Emmanuel Kabetu Muela, Radio Arc-En-Ciel IMPRISONED Police in the village of Kamako in the central Western Kasaï province arrested Muela, the host of a call-in program on private Radio Arc-En-Ciel, as he walked home from work, according to local journalists.