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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9051

19 October 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/drc
EU concern about lack of freedom of expression

Brussels, 18/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - The EU is “concerned” about freedom of expression in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) where, according to the Journalistes En Danger (JED) organisation, there were 37 cases of imprisonment of journalists between January and August 2005. “The right to freedom of expression is fundamental to democracy and a fundamental freedom laid down in the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, as well as in the International Covenant on Civil and...

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