1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgJessica Jerreathttps://cpj.org/author/jjerreat/Congolese journalist detained for five days over defamation complaint - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ThwwwdHabm"><a href="https://cpj.org/2019/11/drc-journalist-detained-criminal-defamation/">Congolese journalist detained for five days over defamation complaint</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2019/11/drc-journalist-detained-criminal-defamation/embed/#?secret=ThwwwdHabm" width="600" height="338" title="“Congolese journalist detained for five days over defamation complaint” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="ThwwwdHabm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/afp_kinshasa_rs.jpg750500On October 21, 2019, police arrested Achiko Ngaya, editor of the privately owned newspaper Les Nouvelles du Soir, in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ngaya told CPJ. The journalist said he was detained for five days and charged with criminal defamation.