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Congo-Kinshasa: Three TV Stations Suspended for 24 Hours for 'Inciting Violence'; RSF Praises 'Restrained' Punishment

21 August 2006
International Freedom of Expression Exchange Clearing House (Toronto)
press release

Reporters Without Borders has hailed the restraint shown by the High Authority for the Media (HAM) in imposing no more than a 24-hour closure on three TV stations as a punishment for "repeatedly broadcasting shocking and highly emotional pictures" and inciting "the security forces and the population to take revenge."

The three stations affected by the enforced closures, announced on 16 August 2006, were Channel 1 of the state-owned Congolese National Radio-Television (Radio Télévision Nationale Congolaise, RTNC1) and two privately-owned local stations, the pro-government Radio-Télévision Armée de l'Eternel (RTAE) and the opposition Canal Congo Television (CCTV).

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