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Rights groups demand release of Congo journalist over terrorism charges

Rights groups demand release of Congo journalist over terrorism charges

HEREWARD HOLLAND RIGHT groups called on military authorities in Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday to release a journalist arrested on terrorism charges for the possession of a video showing the assassination of two U.N. sanctions monitors in 2017. Sosthene Kambidi, who works for Congolese news site Actualite.cd and sometimes with international news agencies, was arrested by the army prosecutor at a hotel in Kinshasa on Monday night, he said in a WhatsApp message to a Radio France International (RFI) journalist, which was shared with Reuters. Kambidi contributed to an investigation by RFI and Reuters in December 2017 which revealed…
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