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| République Démocratique du Congo / Kinshasa |
A correspondent of the official press agengy arrested in burundi
2006-06-01 |
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Early in the morning of Wednesday 31 May, in Kayanza, a province located in the North of Burundi, the “Agence Burundaise de Press” (ABP): “The official Burundese Press Agency” Correspondent, Mr. ALYOS KABURA was arrested by some national security services agents. Then the journalist was led to the Ngozi Central prison cell, in a province located also in the North of the country, where Kabura is now in detention.
No official grounds have been given to justify the arrest.
According to news gathered by journalist in distress (JED), on last 20 April, the journalist was accused of spreading slanderous allegations against the Burundese State. Allegedly, the journalist stated that on 17 April, tortures had been inflicted to 30 journalists held hostage by the police for more than seven hours at Parliamentarian Matthias Basobe’s home.
JED is deeply concerned with the Arrest and urges the Minister of information, Mr. Kalenga Ramadani as well as the one of Interior, General Evariste Ndayishimiye to publish the valid grounds of the journalist’s arrest. If it proves that the arrest is related to allegations held in a private talk, JED requests purely and merely the journalist’s release without any delay.
JED reminds that the Head of the state, Mr. Pierre NKURUNZIZA, at his official oath taking on 26 August 2005, had committed to guarantee among other things, the Freedom of Expression.
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