Pierre Kabeya

Year: 1994

Nationality: Democratic Republic of the Congo

Killed by: Military Officials

Location: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Press organization: Kin-Matin

What's Pierre Kabeya's story?

Kabeya, a reporter for the opposition weekly Kin-Matin, was found dead on June 9 near Loana military camp in the Kintambo district of Kinshasa. A copy of Kin-Matinhad been placed near his body. His death may have been linked to anarticle he filed on a 1991 trial in which security forces wereimplicated in the 1990 attack on the Lumbumbashi University campus thatkilled several students.

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