{"id":472727,"date":"2011-08-04T11:10:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T11:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/08\/04\/local-government-harassing-independent-broadcasters\/"},"modified":"2011-08-04T11:10:50","modified_gmt":"2011-08-04T11:10:50","slug":"local-government-harassing-independent-broadcasters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/04\/local-government-harassing-independent-broadcasters\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Government Harassing Independent Broadcasters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"99.2461197339\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Committee to Protect Journalists<\/a> (New\u00a0York)<\/p>\n<p>4 August 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>press release<\/p>\n<p>The government of Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza is attempting to silence critical press coverage of his administration with incessant judicial harassment of two of the country\u2019s leading independent broadcasters, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.<\/p>\n<p>Since sweeping the presidential and parliamentary elections unopposed in May 2010, Nkurunziza\u2019s second term has been criticized by international human rights organizations over human rights abuses, including the 10-month imprisonment of journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, and violent unrest threatening a fragile peace agreement signed after a 13-year civil war,\u00a0 according to news reports. In response to critical coverage by Radio Publique Africaine (RPA) and Radio Isanganiro, Nkurunziza administration prosecutors and the government-controlled national media regulator, the National Communications Council (CNC), have in recent weeks used court summons, imprisonment, and threats of closure to silence the broadcasters, according to CPJ research.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe constant legal harassment by Burundian authorities is a clear attempt to extinguish any criticism aired by private broadcasters,\u201d said CPJ East Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes. \u201cAuthorities, including the National Communications Council, must allow these stations to work in peace without using a politicized judiciary to silence them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, state prosecutors in the capital, Bujumbura, summoned News Editor Patrick Mitabaro of Radio Isanganiro for the second time since July, Isanganiro reporter D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Hatungimana told CPJ. Prosecutors accused Mitabaro of insulting the judiciary by airing comments by the imprisoned Burundi Bar Association President Isidore Rufyikiri suggesting the executive controlled the courts, according to local journalists. In a May 2011 report, the United Nations Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Burundi, Fatsah Ouguergouz, expressed serious concerns about \u201cthe lack of independence of the judiciary\u201d in Burundi.<\/p>\n<p>Mitabaro was summoned for another interrogation on a separate, unknown matter on Tuesday, Hatungimana said. Back in May, state prosecutors had summoned Mitabaro and accused him of broadcasting information that jeopardized state security over an interview in which the former spokesman of an opposition party criticized a government proposal to reform political parties, according to news reports.<\/p>\n<p>State prosecutors also questioned RPA Editor Bob Rugurika, for the fourth time since July 18, over a broadcast raising questions about the integrity of L\u00e9once Ndarubagiye, the official responsible for setting up Burundi\u2019s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, according to local journalists. RPA had cited a 1996 U.N. report that linked Ndarubagiye to a massacre of ethnic Tutsis. Immediately after the broadcast, on July 23, CNC President Pierre Bambasi released a public statement declaring the news broadcast to be an \u201cincitement to ethnic hatred, and therefore capable of having negative effects on reconciliation and the security of the population,\u201d according to news reports.<\/p>\n<p>Following this interrogation, a magistrate summoned Rugurika for another interrogation, on August 9, on an unknown, separate matter, the journalist told CPJ. During a previous July 18 interrogation, state prosecutors had accused him of broadcasting information \u201clikely to incite civil disobedience\u201d in connection with programs featuring opposition parties Front for Democracy in Burundi and Alliance of Democrats for Change, according to local journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists from RPA\u2019s station in the northern town of Ngozi have also been summoned.\u00a0 On Friday and Monday, a state prosecutor questioned bureau chief L\u00e9once Niyongabo and reporter Yvette Murekesabe about a story implicating a member of state security in a rape, according to local journalists.<\/p>\n<p>In a move seen as an attempt to frustrate RPA\u2019s legal defense, authorities jailed the radio station\u2019s lawyer, Fran\u00e7ois Nyamoya, on July 9, on spurious charges of witness tampering in a case in which he had successfully defended a suspect in the 2001 murder of World Health Organization Burundi Representative Kassy Manlan, according to local journalists. The case has been closed since 2003, and Burundi\u2019s code of criminal procedure forbids prosecution on an offense if the case has been closed for more than three years, according to the same sources.<\/p>\n<p>Burundi authorities have consistently harassed both RPA and Radio Isanganiro this year over their coverage. Authorities imposed a four-day suspension on a popular RPA talk show in April, and four RPA reporters\u2014Zirampaye Raymond, Domithile Kiramvu, Bonfils Niyongere, and Philbert Musobozi\u2014are battling criminal defamation charges filed by Evrard Giswaswa, the mayor of Bujumbura, over October 2010 reports of an alleged nightclub brawl involving him, according to local reports.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201108040525.html\" title=\"Local Government Harassing Independent Broadcasters\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Local Government Harassing Independent Broadcasters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Committee to Protect Journalists (New\u00a0York) 4 August 2011 press release The government of Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza is attempting to silence critical press coverage of his administration with incessant judicial harassment of two of the country\u2019s leading independent broadcasters, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Since sweeping the presidential and parliamentary elections unopposed in May 2010, Nkurunziza\u2019s second term has been criticized by international human rights organizations over human rights abuses, including the 10-month imprisonment of journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, and violent unrest threatening a fragile peace agreement signed after a 13-year civil war,\u00a0 according to news reports. In response to critical coverage by Radio Publique Africaine (RPA) and Radio Isanganiro, Nkurunziza administration prosecutors and the government-controlled national media regulator, the National Communications Council (CNC), have in recent weeks used court summons, imprisonment, and threats of closure to silence the broadcasters, according to CPJ research. \u201cThe constant legal harassment by Burundian authorities is a clear attempt to extinguish any criticism aired by private broadcasters,\u201d said CPJ East Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes. \u201cAuthorities, including the National Communications Council, must allow these stations to work in peace without using a politicized judiciary to silence them.\u201d On Monday, state prosecutors in the capital, Bujumbura, summoned News Editor Patrick Mitabaro of Radio Isanganiro for the second time since July, Isanganiro reporter D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Hatungimana told CPJ. Prosecutors accused Mitabaro of insulting the judiciary by airing comments by the imprisoned Burundi Bar Association President Isidore Rufyikiri suggesting the executive controlled the courts, according to local journalists. In a May 2011 report, the United Nations Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Burundi, Fatsah Ouguergouz, expressed serious concerns about \u201cthe lack of independence of the judiciary\u201d in Burundi. Mitabaro was summoned for another interrogation on a separate, unknown matter on Tuesday, Hatungimana said. Back in May, state prosecutors had summoned Mitabaro and accused him of broadcasting information that jeopardized state security over an interview in which the former spokesman of an opposition party criticized a government proposal to reform political parties, according to news reports. State prosecutors also questioned RPA Editor Bob Rugurika, for the fourth time since July 18, over a broadcast raising questions about the integrity of L\u00e9once Ndarubagiye, the official responsible for setting up Burundi\u2019s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, according to local journalists. RPA had cited a 1996 U.N. report that linked Ndarubagiye to a massacre of ethnic Tutsis. Immediately after the broadcast, on July 23, CNC President Pierre Bambasi released a public statement declaring the news broadcast to be an \u201cincitement to ethnic hatred, and therefore capable of having negative effects on reconciliation and the security of the population,\u201d according to news reports. Following this interrogation, a magistrate summoned Rugurika for another interrogation, on August 9, on an unknown, separate matter, the journalist told CPJ. During a previous July 18 interrogation, state prosecutors had accused him of broadcasting information \u201clikely to incite civil disobedience\u201d in connection with programs featuring opposition parties Front for Democracy in Burundi and Alliance of Democrats for Change, according to local journalists. Journalists from RPA\u2019s station in the northern town of Ngozi have also been summoned.\u00a0 On Friday and Monday, a state prosecutor questioned bureau chief L\u00e9once Niyongabo and reporter Yvette Murekesabe about a story implicating a member of state security in a rape, according to local journalists. In a move seen as an attempt to frustrate RPA\u2019s legal defense, authorities jailed the radio station\u2019s lawyer, Fran\u00e7ois Nyamoya, on July 9, on spurious charges of witness tampering in a case in which he had successfully defended a suspect in the 2001 murder of World Health Organization Burundi Representative Kassy Manlan, according to local journalists. The case has been closed since 2003, and Burundi\u2019s code of criminal procedure forbids prosecution on an offense if the case has been closed for more than three years, according to the same sources. Burundi authorities have consistently harassed both RPA and Radio Isanganiro this year over their coverage. Authorities imposed a four-day suspension on a popular RPA talk show in April, and four RPA reporters\u2014Zirampaye Raymond, Domithile Kiramvu, Bonfils Niyongere, and Philbert Musobozi\u2014are battling criminal defamation charges filed by Evrard Giswaswa, the mayor of Bujumbura, over October 2010 reports of an alleged nightclub brawl involving him, according to local reports. More News on allAfrica.com AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-472727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Local Government Harassing Independent Broadcasters - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/08\/04\/local-government-harassing-independent-broadcasters\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Local Government Harassing Independent Broadcasters - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Committee to Protect Journalists (New\u00a0York) 4 August 2011 press release The government of Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza is attempting to silence critical press coverage of his administration with incessant judicial harassment of two of the country\u2019s leading independent broadcasters, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Since sweeping the presidential and parliamentary elections unopposed in May 2010, Nkurunziza\u2019s second term has been criticized by international human rights organizations over human rights abuses, including the 10-month imprisonment of journalist Jean-Claude Kavumbagu, and violent unrest threatening a fragile peace agreement signed after a 13-year civil war,\u00a0 according to news reports. In response to critical coverage by Radio Publique Africaine (RPA) and Radio Isanganiro, Nkurunziza administration prosecutors and the government-controlled national media regulator, the National Communications Council (CNC), have in recent weeks used court summons, imprisonment, and threats of closure to silence the broadcasters, according to CPJ research. \u201cThe constant legal harassment by Burundian authorities is a clear attempt to extinguish any criticism aired by private broadcasters,\u201d said CPJ East Africa Consultant Tom Rhodes. \u201cAuthorities, including the National Communications Council, must allow these stations to work in peace without using a politicized judiciary to silence them.\u201d On Monday, state prosecutors in the capital, Bujumbura, summoned News Editor Patrick Mitabaro of Radio Isanganiro for the second time since July, Isanganiro reporter D\u00e9sir\u00e9 Hatungimana told CPJ. Prosecutors accused Mitabaro of insulting the judiciary by airing comments by the imprisoned Burundi Bar Association President Isidore Rufyikiri suggesting the executive controlled the courts, according to local journalists. In a May 2011 report, the United Nations Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Burundi, Fatsah Ouguergouz, expressed serious concerns about \u201cthe lack of independence of the judiciary\u201d in Burundi. Mitabaro was summoned for another interrogation on a separate, unknown matter on Tuesday, Hatungimana said. Back in May, state prosecutors had summoned Mitabaro and accused him of broadcasting information that jeopardized state security over an interview in which the former spokesman of an opposition party criticized a government proposal to reform political parties, according to news reports. State prosecutors also questioned RPA Editor Bob Rugurika, for the fourth time since July 18, over a broadcast raising questions about the integrity of L\u00e9once Ndarubagiye, the official responsible for setting up Burundi\u2019s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, according to local journalists. RPA had cited a 1996 U.N. report that linked Ndarubagiye to a massacre of ethnic Tutsis. Immediately after the broadcast, on July 23, CNC President Pierre Bambasi released a public statement declaring the news broadcast to be an \u201cincitement to ethnic hatred, and therefore capable of having negative effects on reconciliation and the security of the population,\u201d according to news reports. Following this interrogation, a magistrate summoned Rugurika for another interrogation, on August 9, on an unknown, separate matter, the journalist told CPJ. During a previous July 18 interrogation, state prosecutors had accused him of broadcasting information \u201clikely to incite civil disobedience\u201d in connection with programs featuring opposition parties Front for Democracy in Burundi and Alliance of Democrats for Change, according to local journalists. Journalists from RPA\u2019s station in the northern town of Ngozi have also been summoned.\u00a0 On Friday and Monday, a state prosecutor questioned bureau chief L\u00e9once Niyongabo and reporter Yvette Murekesabe about a story implicating a member of state security in a rape, according to local journalists. In a move seen as an attempt to frustrate RPA\u2019s legal defense, authorities jailed the radio station\u2019s lawyer, Fran\u00e7ois Nyamoya, on July 9, on spurious charges of witness tampering in a case in which he had successfully defended a suspect in the 2001 murder of World Health Organization Burundi Representative Kassy Manlan, according to local journalists. The case has been closed since 2003, and Burundi\u2019s code of criminal procedure forbids prosecution on an offense if the case has been closed for more than three years, according to the same sources. Burundi authorities have consistently harassed both RPA and Radio Isanganiro this year over their coverage. Authorities imposed a four-day suspension on a popular RPA talk show in April, and four RPA reporters\u2014Zirampaye Raymond, Domithile Kiramvu, Bonfils Niyongere, and Philbert Musobozi\u2014are battling criminal defamation charges filed by Evrard Giswaswa, the mayor of Bujumbura, over October 2010 reports of an alleged nightclub brawl involving him, according to local reports. 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Prosecutors accused Mitabaro of insulting the judiciary by airing comments by the imprisoned Burundi Bar Association President Isidore Rufyikiri suggesting the executive controlled the courts, according to local journalists. In a May 2011 report, the United Nations Independent Expert on the human rights situation in Burundi, Fatsah Ouguergouz, expressed serious concerns about \u201cthe lack of independence of the judiciary\u201d in Burundi. Mitabaro was summoned for another interrogation on a separate, unknown matter on Tuesday, Hatungimana said. Back in May, state prosecutors had summoned Mitabaro and accused him of broadcasting information that jeopardized state security over an interview in which the former spokesman of an opposition party criticized a government proposal to reform political parties, according to news reports. 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