Two journalists arrested
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the arrest of two journalists in Pointe-Noire (in the country’s south-west). According to RSF’s information, on 31 May 1999, Hervé Kiminou-Missou, a correspondent with the panafrican radio station Africa N°1 for Angola, was arrested by the air and frontier police. The journalist, who is a Congolese national, was allegedly apprehended […]
Journalist’s accreditation revoked; Africa No. 1 radio broadcast suspended
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is protesting the revoking of a journalist’s accreditation and the suspension of Africa No. 1 radio station’s broadcasts. **New case and update to IFEX alert of 8 January 1999** According to RSF’s information, on 6 February 1999, the Congolese government revoked the accreditation of Bienvenu Boudimbou, a local correspondent with the panafrican […]
Growing concern regarding situation of journalists and independent media in Congo
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is concerned by the deteriorating situation of certain journalists and independent media in Congo. According to RSF’s information, the majority of independent newspapers have not been published in over three weeks, since fighting began in the capital. Even before the fighting had recommenced, some newspapers had been the subject of harassment and […]
Raid on magazine’s offices
(RSF/IFEX) – On 7 September 1998, RSF protested the forcible entry into the offices of the magazine “La Rue Meurt”. According to RSF, on 5 September at 4 a.m. (local time), a group of armed men in uniform entered the offices of the privately-owned weekly “La Rue Meurt” after sealing off the area, and removed […]
Journalist killed
(RSF/IFEX) – On 4 September 1998, RSF strongly protested the murder of journalist Fabien Fortune Bitoumbo. According to RSF, on 29 August, Fabien Fortune Bitoumbo, a journalist with the privately-owned radio station Radio Liberté and former editor-in-chief of the privately-owned newspaper “La Rue Meurt”, was gunned down at point-blank range by Bernard Kolelas’ militia group […]
Editor-in-chief of “Le Choc” arrested
Dominique Marseille Asie, the director and editor-in-chief of the Congolese weekly “Le Choc”, was arrested in Brazzaville on the morning of 22 June 1995. Authorities, who appear to have arrested him illegally, have given no official reason for his arrest. However, the arrest may be linked to a satirical article title “The Union of Warlocks” […]