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DEFENDING THE DEFENDERS : Journalist Tuver Wundi arrested In Kinshasa

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  DRC: Intelligence Services Arrest Journalist Tuver Wundi In Kinshasa September 1, 2025 Tuver Wundi, JED’s correspondent in Goma and Provincial Director of RTNC, is being held on the premises of the ANR in Kinshasa. Concerned Journaliste en Danger (JED) reports that its correspondent in Goma and Provincial Director of the national radio and television station is being held by the Agence Nationale des Renseignements (ANR). According to an official source contacted by JED, he is “being debriefed by the services”. Tuver Wundi had been in Kinshasa for several weeks, coming from Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, currently occupied by the AFC/M23 rebels. The organization recalls that in March 2025, after the capture of Goma by the M23 rebels, Tuver Wundi had already been arrested and detained for several days by the AFC M23 intelligence services. JED regrets this prolonged deprivation of a journalist’s freedom. “The silence surrounding this arrest only fuels the concern of his f...

DEFENDING THE DEFENDERS ; Anisa Ahmed arrested for reporting on worsening Insecurity and robbery by uniformed armed forces

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Mogadishu Woman Journalist Arrested and Physically Assaulted After Exposing Armed Robbery by Uniformed Men - SJS PHOTO: Anisa Ahmed. MOGADISHU, Somalia – 28 August 2025 – The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) condemns the unlawful arrest and physical assault of woman journalist Anisa Ahmed, who works for the online channel Dalbile TV, by members of the Mogadishu police. Anisa has since been released without charge. Anisa told SJS that on Tuesday night 26 August, she was contacted by a police commander from Waaberi police station in Mogadishu, where her television has a studio. The officer summoned her in response to an alleged complaint filed by another police commander from Dayniile district.  On Wednesday morning 27 August, at around 9:30 a.m. local time, when she reported to Waaberi police station, she was held for an hour and her phone was confiscated. Armed men later arrived and forcibly pushed her into a waiting police vehicle. When she tried to ask where she was being taken...