Lambert Mende Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

DRC government bans screening of documentary on rape

September 11, 2015 10:09 AM EDT

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo said on September 3, 2015, that it had banned the screening of a documentary about rape and a doctor who treats rape victims.

Congolese Information Minister Lambert Mende has ordered the shutdown of multiple radio stations in the Congo. (Radio Okapi)

Authorities order radio stations to be closed in the DRC

November 24, 2014 2:33 PM EST

Nairobi, November 24, 2014–The Committee to Protect Journalists today calls on authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to stop meddling with radio station broadcasts in the country. The Congolese Information Minister Lambert Mende has called for the shutdown of several radio stations in recent weeks, and a few have gone off the air.

As elections approach, fear of more attacks on Congolese press

August 11, 2014 12:44 PM EDT

Map by Rachael Levy. Sources: Congolese organizations, news reports, and CPJ research. Not all data has been independently verified by CPJ. Tensions are rising in the Democratic Republic of the Congo after a government official announced recently he would support a change in the constitution to allow President Joseph Kabila, who has been in power…

DRC police attack journalists covering protest

July 28, 2014 12:45 PM EDT

Congolese police on July 22, 2014, beat three TV journalists while they were covering a protest outside the offices of Molière TV, a broadcast station based in the capital, Kinshasa.

DRC minister indefinitely suspends newspaper

November 1, 2012 1:09 PM EDT

Congolese Communications Minister Lambert Mende banned private daily Le Journal indefinitely on June 29, 2012, in connection with an editorial that he said incited racism and tribalism, local press freedom group OLPA reported.

Thierry Michel was denied entry into the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday. (AFP/Thierry Charlier)

DRC denies entry to independent Belgian journalist

July 10, 2012 5:57 PM EDT

Abuja, Nigeria, July 10, 2012–A Belgian journalist who released a critical documentary on the murder of a human rights activist was denied entry into the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Sunday. The Committee to Protect Journalists denounces the country’s decision to block Thierry Michel entry into the country for what seems to be an…