A prominent DR Congo journalist was released from prison late Tuesday after spending six months behind bars, a colleague announced.
Although Bujakera’s lawyer earlier on Tuesday said that he would remain in jail pending an appeal of his sentence by the public prosecutor’s office, Patient Ligodi, head of the online Actualite.cd newspaper, told AFP that the journalist was free.“The public ministry has withdrawn its appeal. He is free, he is in the car, I’m taking him home,” said Ligodi.
As Bujakera had already spent six months in detention, he was due to be released on Tuesday after his employer paid the fine and all court costs.
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