Jean Pierre Tshibitshabu Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Protesters call for elections to be held at a rally in April 2016. Congolese authorities imprisoned a journalist who covered more recent demonstrations in Lubumbashi demanding that the president call elections. (AFP/Junior Kannah)

Congolese radio journalist arrested at protest is beaten in custody

August 25, 2017 6:29 PM EDT

New York, August 25, 2017–Congolese authorities should immediately drop all charges against Jean Pierre Tshibitshabu, a reporter for the independent broadcaster Radio Television KADEKAS, and investigate claims that the journalist was assaulted in custody, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.