The Catholic Bishop of Manono was prevented from returning to his diocese after travelling to Kinshasa to attend the Assembly of the Conference of Bishops in July and Catholic priests were arrested in January.
特别报告员转交了有关35名被拘留的新闻记者的来文，他们遭到军事法庭的审判和/或定罪，或受到恐吓不再从事新闻专业工作。