Local ANR officials close Mayi-Munene radio station, confiscate equipment
JED condemns the closing of a community radio station emitting in Mayi-Munene, near Tshikapa, in central RD Congo, and the confiscation of its equipment, by local officials of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) on 9 June 2007.
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Rép Démocratique du Congo/Tshikapa
[ 2007-06-14 ]
Rép Démocratique du Congo/Bukavu
Journalist killed in Bukavu
Assassination of a journalist in Bukavu: JED demands the constitution of a Joint Committee of investigation to shed the light on the case
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[ 2007-06-05 ]Assassination of a journalist in Bukavu: JED demands the constitution of a Joint Committee of investigation to shed the light on the case
(Kinshasa, 14 June 2007)
JED is shocked by the assassination on 13 June 2007 of Serge Maheshe Kasole, a journalist with the Okapi radio station in Bukavu, eastern DR Congo.
According to witnesses, two men shot Maheshe point-blank in the chest and legs, when, with two friends, he was getting into the minivan he usually drives, which bears the United Nations logo.
The killers ordered the journalist and his friends to sit on the ground. One of the two friends asked the killers if they wanted money, and the killer shot Maheshe in both legs. His two friends then fled, and during their escape, heard three other gunshots. Other witnesses said Maheshe was shot in the chest area. The killers then fled.
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Rép Démocratique du Congo/Kinshasa
Eleven months after his death, journalist's killers face trial
On 1 June 2007, the trial of the presumed assassins of Bapuwa Mwamba got underway at the Kinshasa/Matete Military Tribunal. Mwamba, an independent journalist, was killed in his Kinshasa home during the night of 8 July 2006.
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[ 2007-06-01 ]On 1 June 2007, the trial of the presumed assassins of Bapuwa Mwamba got underway at the Kinshasa/Matete Military Tribunal. Mwamba, an independent journalist, was killed in his Kinshasa home during the night of 8 July 2006.
Four people are facing charges of "murder, illegal possession of firearms, criminal conspiracy and armed robbery". The suspects include Vungu Mbembo, an army deserter, Nkunku Makwala, Mangwene Lowayi and Suami Sambu.
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Rép Démocratique du Congo/Mbuji-Mayi
Police violently break up meeting of journalists in Mbuji-Mayi
A gathering of some 100 journalists on 31 May 2007 in Mbuji-Mayi, capital of East Kasai province, was violently broken up by police led by Commander Jean-Claude Kabeya, also known as "Shegué". Journalists were beaten and one of them, Luboya Nokia of Radio Mont Carmel, was seriously injured and taken to Bonzola Hospital in Mbuji-Mayi. Other journalists told JED that they lost work-related equipment during the attack.
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[ 2007-05-23 ]A gathering of some 100 journalists on 31 May 2007 in Mbuji-Mayi, capital of East Kasai province, was violently broken up by police led by Commander Jean-Claude Kabeya, also known as "Shegué". Journalists were beaten and one of them, Luboya Nokia of Radio Mont Carmel, was seriously injured and taken to Bonzola Hospital in Mbuji-Mayi. Other journalists told JED that they lost work-related equipment during the attack.
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Rép Démocratique du Congo/Mbuji-Mayi
HAM\'s status called into question following RTDK closure
DRC broadcaster closed after drawing governor's ire
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[ 2007-05-23 ]DRC broadcaster closed after drawing governor's ire
New York, May 23, 2007 - Authorities in the central diamond mining town of Mbuji-Mayi closed down a private broadcaster on Sunday in connection with comments critical of the provincial governor that aired on two programs last week, according to local journalists and press freedom group Journaliste en Danger (JED).
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Rép Démocratique du Congo/Kinshasa
RSF calls for release of reporter arrested six months ago and "forgotten" in Kinshasa prison
Reporters Without Borders has called for the release of Bosange Mbaka, a reporter with the Kinshasa-based publication "Mambenga", who was arrested six months ago in a round-up of presumed sympathisers of former presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba. Nicknamed "Che Guevara," Mbaka is from Equateur province, a Bemba stronghold. He was charged with stealing military property for picking up a mobile phone dropped by a soldier.
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Reporters Without Borders has called for the release of Bosange Mbaka, a reporter with the Kinshasa-based publication "Mambenga", who was arrested six months ago in a round-up of presumed sympathisers of former presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba. Nicknamed "Che Guevara," Mbaka is from Equateur province, a Bemba stronghold. He was charged with stealing military property for picking up a mobile phone dropped by a soldier.
"It is time to put an end to Mbaka's misfortunes, which highlight the grave shortcomings of the Congolese judicial system and the arbitrary practices of the police," the press freedom organisation said. "It seems he was arrested and held all this time not because of the silly business of the phone but because of his nickname and origin, and because of a corrupt and flawed judicial system."
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