Radio journalist threatened by soldier in northeastern DRC

NewsReporters Without Borders (RSF) is extremely concerned to learn that a radio journalist in Ituri, one of the two provinces in the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo that has been under a state of siege since 6 May, was threatened by a soldier in connection with his reporting. This intimidation attempt marks yet another step backwards for journalists’ safety in the DRC, RSF says.Parfait Katoto, the director of a community radio station in the locality of Biakoto, has been in hiding for more than two weeks, ever since a soldier broke in

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