{"id":10764,"date":"2011-12-11T08:43:07","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T08:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/congo-kinshasa-drc-soldiers-arrest-dutch-journalist\/"},"modified":"2011-12-11T08:43:07","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T08:43:07","slug":"congo-kinshasa-drc-soldiers-arrest-dutch-journalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/11\/congo-kinshasa-drc-soldiers-arrest-dutch-journalist\/","title":{"rendered":"Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Soldiers Arrest Dutch Journalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnw.nl\/africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/rnw180.png\" alt=\"Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" title=\"Visit Radio Netherlands Worldwide (Hilversum)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10 December 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>A Dutch journalist and her South African cameraman were arrested by soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday and released a few hours later.<\/p>\n<p>Anneke Verbraeken and the cameraman were detained in a hospital in the capital Kinshasa where they were filming the bodies of people killed during Friday&#8217;s election disturbances. The situation was very tense, according to the Dutch journalist&#8217;s lawyer, Jan Hofdijk. He says other foreigners were arrested, too.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Verbraken works for several Dutch media, including Radio Netherlands Worldwide. Over the past two months, she has been covering the presidential elections in the DRC, often critically. &#8220;Everyone knows: President Joseph Kabila rigged the vote to stay in power,&#8221; she recently wrote on her blog. &#8220;The international community knows that these elections were a mess and don\u00b4t deserve to be called elections.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 10 December 2011 A Dutch journalist and her South African cameraman were arrested by soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday and released a few hours later. Anneke Verbraeken and the cameraman were detained in a hospital in the capital Kinshasa where they were filming the bodies of people killed during Friday&#8217;s election disturbances. 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