Trial of Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera: “The rejection of his request for provisional freedom is astonishing”
Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera, on trial since October 13, is still in detention, his request for provisional release having been rejected on February 27.
For the organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), “
there is absolutely no reason to continue to detain him
”.
The
Jeune Afrique
correspondent was arrested on September 8 following an unsigned article in this magazine implicating military intelligence in the death of an opponent, Chérubin Okende.
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The correspondent for
Jeune Afrique
(JA) and Reuters in the Democratic Republic of Congo (
DRC
) and deputy publishing director of the site actualite.cd, Stanis Bujakera, continues his detention in the Makala central prison in Kinshasa.
The rejection of the seventh request for provisional release sparked a reaction from Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
The director of RSF's sub-Saharan Africa desk, Sadibou Marong, said he was surprised by the negative response from the Kinshasa-Gombe high court.
“
May all charges be dropped
”
The decision to keep Stanis Bujakera in detention was announced by the court on Tuesday January 27.
RSF calls for the release and dropping of charges against Stanis Bujakera: “
You know, there is a lot of disappointment, but it is also extremely astonishing, what we saw with this rejection of this request for provisional release.
We ask the Congolese authorities to release the journalist, who should never have been arrested and detained, given everything we have seen and that RSF has demonstrated on the basis of several investigations.
From this point of view, there is absolutely no reason to continue to hold it.
»
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Sadibou Marong continues, speaking to
Joseph Kahongo
: “
We continue the mobilization in relation to all of Stanis Bujakera's supporters, and we indeed hope that Stanis can return home a free man, but also as a journalist who no longer weighs on him. no charges and that all charges can be dropped.
This is what we have been asking for a very long time, and what all of the journalist's supporters have been asking for.
»
Congolese journalist Stanis Bujakera, arrested on September 8, 2023, is "
perhaps [...] rotting
" in prison because of the "
prevarications
" of justice, the President of the DRC estimated on February 22, 2024 , Félix Tshisekedi, who said he had decided to “
stick his nose
” in this matter.
Correspondent of
Jeune Afrique
, Stanis Bujakera has been on trial since October 13, 2023 for an article in this magazine, unsigned, implicating military intelligence in the death of an opponent,
Chérubin Okende
, in July 2023.
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