23 March 2007

Alert

Congolese academic freed, but declared "persona non grata" and expelled


Incident details

Idesbald Byabuze Katabaruka

academic(s)

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(RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has hailed the 21 March 2007 release of Congolese university professor Idesbald Byabuze Katabaruka but deplored the fact that he was then declared "persona non grata" by the state prosecutor and immediately escorted by two policemen and an immigration officer to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Public prosecutor's office representative Boniface Mudengeri had announced on 19 March that all charges were being dropped against Byabuze Katabaruka, who had been held in Kigali's main prison since 16 February. The order for his release was issued on 20 March by the president of the Kagarama court in the Kigali district of Kicukiro, but it was not carried out until the next day.



Source

Reporters Without Borders
47, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
France
rsf (@) rsf.org
Phone: +33 1 44 83 84 84
Fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51
 

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