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DRC journalist Benjamin Mutiya, left, pictured under police guard on December 18, is detained on defamation accusations. (Fortunat Maronga/CJDH)

DRC radio journalist detained over defamation claim

New York, December 21, 2017–Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should immediately release broadcast journalist Benjamin Mutiya, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The national security service (ANR) arrested Mutiya, a reporter at the community station Radio Télévision Communautaire de Walikale (RTCWA), in Walikale, on December 14, according to local press freedom groups.

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