DRC - Nord-Kivu military court holds journalist on M23 spying charge

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is very worried by radio journalist Blaise Bahisha's detention for the past eight days in Goma, the capital of the eastern province of Nord-Kivu. Bahisha was until recently the manager of Radio Sauti ya Rutchuru, a community radio station in Rutchuru, 70 km north of Goma. The national police arrested Bahisha on 17 April and handed him over to Nord-Kivu's military court a few days later. He is accused of spying for the M23 rebels and “participating in an (...)

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