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Journalists’ group urges Bush to talk to Congo president about attacks on press
President Bush and Congo President Joseph Kabila met today at the White House to discuss a variety of topics of mutual interest and concern.
The Committee to Protect Journalists wanted Bush and Kabila to talk about ending attacks on journalists in Congo.
“On Monday, Higher Education Minister Sylvain Ngabu ordered police in his office to beat two journalists of the private Horizon 33 TV station, according to local journalists and news reports,” CPJ said in a letter to Bush. “Last week, Information Minister Toussaint Tshilombo summarily banned 22 private television channels and 16 radio stations for alleged noncompliance to national media laws. The decision came without notice or legal hearing, as is guaranteed by the Congolese transitional constitution, according to local journalists.”
See the letter here.
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