DRC - Radio reporter fired upon while covering a demonstration

Reporters without borders

A reporter for Radio Sauti ya M'kaaji sustained a gunshot injury when police opened fire on a crowd of demonstrators yesterday in Maniema, a province in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The police also arrested a Radio Mandeleo reporter, who is still being held. Reporters Without Borders joins Journalist in Danger (JED), its partner organization in the DRC, in calling on the Maniema authorities to release the detained journalist at once and to carry out an investigation with (...)

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