17 November 2011

Alert

RLTV broadcast suspension lifted


Incident details

Suspension lifted

RLTV, Television station

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(JED/IFEX) - Kinshasa, 16 November 2011 - Radio Lisanga Télévision (RLTV), a Kinshasa-based, opposition radio station which had its broadcast signal suspended last week after it aired comments by opposition candidate Etienne Tshisekedi, is back on the air again.

The High Council for Broadcasting and Communications (CSAC) suspended the station on 7 November 2011 after it aired comments by Tshisekedi in which he proclaimed himself president and encouraged his supporters to "break down the prison doors and free the opposition prisoners."

Source:

Journaliste en danger (JED)
B.P. 633 - Kinshasa 1
374, av. Col. Mondjiba
Complexe Utexafrica, Galerie St Pierre, 1er niveau, Local 18 Kinshasa/Ngaliema
République Démocratique du Congo
direction (@) jed-afcentre.org
Phone: +243 81 99 29 323
Fax: +44 20 7900 3413
 

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