DRC Journalists Urge Ruling Party To Halt Abuse

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By: Mohamed Keita | CPJ.org

An estimated 200 Congolese journalists marched to the National Assembly in Kinshasa on Friday to show their outrage over reports that supporters of incumbent President Joseph Kabila have physically and verbally abused members of the press. 

The marchers converged on the assembly bearing audio recordings of crude insults that a member of the chamber apparently hurled at journalist Eugénie Ntumba during an aborted interview this month, according to local journalists. In the recording, a man identified as assembly member Yves Kisombe accused the journalist of not disclosing the purpose of her call before asking a question. "What is the name of this whore? What is the name of this bitch who has dared to disrespect me?" the man shouted in the recording. Kisombe, a member of Kabila's ruling People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy, claimed the audiotape was fabricated, although his party formally apologized to the journalist.































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