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Journalist, nun arrested

    NAIROBI

    The director of the Kinshasa publication ‘Solidarite’ was arrested at his home on Saturday by eight armed men over an article which claimed Finance Minister Mawampanga Mwana Nanga had been arrested, according to the journalists’ rights group, Reporters sans frontieres. The group condemned the arrest of the journalist, Polycarpe Honsek Okwoy, saying it was a violation of human rights.

    In another incident, a Congolese human rights group - le Centre des droits de l’homme et du droit humanitaire (CDH) - said a nun was arrested by the DRC security service, l’Agence nationale de renseignements (ANR) at Likasi, near Lubumbashi. In a statement received by IRIN, it said Sister Antho Fari of the Ursulines order was taken to the ANR provincial headquarters in Lubumbashi on Saturday. CDH said the nun had access to Buluo prison where she was in charge of providing food rations and medical care. It added that no reasons were given for her detention.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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