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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Roy Greenslade

Congo journalists protest by closing all papers

No newspapers were published in the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday in protest at the killing of a reporter eleven days ago. "It is our way of protesting against those who want to muffle the freedom of the press", said John Richard Kasonga, the secretary of the National Union of the Congolese Press. At least 1,000 journalists took part in a demonstration on Monday in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to coincide with the funeral of Louis Bapuwa Mwamba, a political reporter who was killed at his home on by men in military uniform. (Via AllAfrica News: Press and Media)

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