KINSHASA, DR Congo
The International journalist organization known as the journalist en danger (JED), has alleged 110 journalists have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo since the beginning of this year.
In
its report entitled "Bad times for the press in the DRC" released on
November 2 which corresponds to the International Day against Impunity and Crimes
against Journalists, the organization revealed that these attacks were directed
to both journalists and even media organizations in DRC.
The
organization, which is a partner of Reporter Without Borders, calls on Kinshasa
to identify the perpetrators so that they can be brought to justice.
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"What
we want is for the government to put an end to the impunity of those who are
known predators of press freedom because behind an infringement of press
freedom there is a predator and, in our report, we have revealed incidents,
victims and perpetrators. We are not selling anything," said Tiver Hundi,
head of JED in Kivu.
According
to the organization, more than half of the cases of press freedom violations,
i.e. 51%, concern the physical safety of journalists, and are made up of
threats that sometimes result in assassinations; physical attacks and
journalists forced to live in hiding, far from their homes and families to
escape death.
They
also allege that some of the threats come from the militiamen and political militants.
"If
we journalists are worried, we will not be able to give true information to the
people today. There are subjects that we cannot cover, there are areas that
seem to be slippery simply because we are in a state of siege. We also have
restrictions and we must not talk about military matters," said Jonathan
Kombi, a Journalist in DR Congo.
Of
the 110 cases of press freedom violations reported throughout the country, 48
cases were reported in the east of the country, including 25 cases in the two
provinces under siege, namely North Kivu and Ituri.
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