May 29

• Congo-Kinshasa: Radio Liberté Journalist Released After Two Weeks in Detention [press release]

  Journaliste en danger (JED) welcomes the 26 May release of Radio Liberté journalist Pili Pili Kasaï. Military officials also returned the station's equipment, including... Read more »

May 15

• Congo-Kinshasa: JED Deplores Suspension of Radio Liberté, Calls for Restraint [press release]

  Journaliste en danger (JED) has learned that Radio Liberté, a privately-owned Butembo-based station, has been suspended for three months. Read more »

May 14

• Congo-Kinshasa: Two Journalists Held By Police in Kisangani [press release]

  Sébastien Mulamba and Mbuyi Mukadi, publisher and managing editor, respectively, with the newspaper Kisangani News, a Kisangani-based privately-owned monthly, are being... Read more »

May 11

• Congo-Kinshasa: Journaliste En Danger Warns of Grave Threats to Radio Okapi Journalist's Safety [press release]

  Journaliste en Danger (JED) has expressed grave concern following North-Kivu Governor Julien Paluku's threats targeting Gisèle Kaj Kaung, a journalist with the Goma-based... Read more »

April 16

• Congo-Kinshasa: Screenings of Documentary On Assassinated Human Rights Activist Banned [press release]

  Journaliste en Danger (JED) is concerned by the authorities' country-wide ban on screenings of Belgian filmmaker Thierry Michel's lastest documentary, "The Chebeya Affair: State... Read more »

April 12

• Congo-Kinshasa: Wave of Detentions in West Kasai Province [press release]

  Journaliste en danger (JED) is concerned by the recent wave of harassment of journalists by National Intelligence Agency (Agence Nationale des Renseignements, ANR) officials in... Read more »

March 21

• Congo-Kinshasa: Television Station Attacked, Programme Host in Hiding [press release]

  At approximately 2 a.m. on 20 March 2012, Radio Télévision Kindu Maniema (RTKM), a private broadcaster transmitting from Kindu, the capital of Maniema province, was... Read more »

March 6

• Congo-Kinshasa: Goma-Based Journalist Receives Death Threats, Fears for His Life [press release]

  In the past few days, Tuver Wundi, a journalist with broadcaster Radio Télévision Nationale Congolaise (RTNC) and also Goma-based correspondent for Journaliste en... Read more »

March 1

• Congo-Kinshasa: Kinshasa-Based Broadcaster Back On the Air After Three-Month Closure [press release]

  Kinshasa, 1 March 2012 - On 29 February 2012, Kinshasa-based broadcaster Radio Lisanga Télévision (RLTV) was finally allowed back on the air. In a letter signed by... Read more »

February 18

• Congo-Kinshasa: Pro-Opposition Broadcasters Allowed Back On Air

  On 17 February 2012, at midnight local time, three broadcasters were back on the air following a two-day suspension of their activities. Read more »

January 11

• Congo-Kinshasa: Newspapers Suspended On Alleged Administrative Violations [press release]

  Two privately-owned newspapers have been suspended since 5 January 2012 on orders from the director of the provincial media authority in Orientale province, eastern DRC. Read more »

December 30, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: Halt Escalating Repression of Media - Watchdog [press release]

  Journaliste en Danger (JED) calls upon the powers that be to halt the escalating repression of the media since the beginning of the crisis that has taken place in the country... Read more »

December 23, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: Four Journalists Arrested in Kabambare Released [press release]

  Senghor Fundi, Shabani bin Shabani, Augustin Mateso, and Moïse Mateso, director and journalists at Radio Communautaire Tujenge Kabambare (RCTK), respectively, were released... Read more »

December 17, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: Radio Station Shuttered, Four Journalists in Custody [press release]

  JED is calling on the deputy prime minister and minister of the interior to immediately intervene to stop the arbitrary justice that has come to reign in Kabambare territory,... Read more »

December 9, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: Main Opposition Television Station Muzzled in Kinshasa and Mbuji-Mayi [press release]

  Radio Lisanga Télévision (RLTV), the Kinshasa-based main opposition television station, which has been the subject of numerous attacks by authorities during the... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: JED Urges Government to Take Action in Response to Death Threats Received By Journalist From Pro-Opposition TV Station [press release]

  Journaliste en danger (JED) is gravely concerned for the safety of Eliezer Thambwe, a journalist with the Kinshasa-based pro-opposition TV station Radio Lisanga... Read more »

November 25, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: JED Warns of Deteriorating Media Climate in Open Letter to Broadcast Regulator [press release]

  The following is an abridged translation of an open letter sent by Journaliste en Danger (JED) to the presidents of the Superior Audiovisual and Communications Council (CSAC) and... Read more »

November 23, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: JED Denounces Wave of Radio Closures in Katanga Province [press release]

  JED has expressed surprise over local authorities' decision to close, without warning, five community and faith-based radio stations in Kambove, located about 22 km from Likasi,... Read more »

November 9, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: Radio Host Fears for His Safety Following Threats [press release]

  A journalist with the local radio station Radio Communautaire Mitumba (RCM), based in Uvira, Sud-Kivu, eastern DRC, has gone into hiding after receiving several death threats over... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: RLTV Signal Cut Following Inflammatory Remarks By Presidential Candidate [press release]

  JED is deeply concerned by the abrupt cut of the transmission signal of Radio Lisanga Télévision (RLTV), a private, pro-opposition channel based in Kinshasa. Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Cameraman Attacked By Supporters of the Presidential Party [press release]

  Freddy Kalume, a cameraman for Radio Télévision Lubumbashi Jua (RTLJ), a private television station based in Lubumbashi and owned by Jean-Claude Muyambo, a former... Read more »

October 29, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: JED Announces Media Monitoring Programme As Presidential Election Campaign Officially Launched [press release]

  As part of its commitment to monitoring press freedom during the election period, on 27 October 2011, JED announced the launch of its media monitoring programme for the upcoming... Read more »

October 28, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: Journalist Released After 72 Hours in Detention [press release]

  Journaliste en Danger (JED) welcomes the release of Odon Mwamba, a reporter for "La Grogne", a privately-owned newspaper published in Lubumbashi. Read more »

October 26, 2011

• Congo-Kinshasa: Journalist Detained On Criminal Defamation Charges [press release]

  25 October 2011 - Journaliste en danger (JED) strongly condemns the detention of Odon Mwamba, a journalist for "La Grogne", a private newspaper distributed in Lubumbashi, the... Read more »

• Congo-Kinshasa: Opposition Television Station Evicted From Its Headquarters [press release]

  25 October 2011 - Journaliste en danger (JED) is disappointed by the news of the eviction of Congo Média Channel Télévision (CMC TV), a station close to the... Read more »