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DRC suspends UN-backed broadcaster Radio Okapi

December 3, 2012 2:43 PM EST

New York, December 3, 2012–Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo should lift the suspension imposed on Saturday on the United Nations-sponsored broadcaster Radio Okapi in the capital, Kinshasa, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Journalists go into hiding after being threatened in DRC

November 1, 2012 1:52 PM EDT

At least three journalists working in the restive, mineral-rich province of North Kivu have fled into hiding in August and September 2012 after saying they were threatened in reprisal for their reporting, CPJ has learned.

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.