Elections au Congo : affrontements à Londres – 10 décembre 2011

London protest against Kabila vote turns violent

reuters.com

Sun Dec 11, 2011

(Reuters) – British police said they arrested 143 people in central London on Saturday after a demonstration against the re-election of President Joseph Kabila in the Democratic Republic of Congo turned violent.

Most of the arrests came at around 2100 GMT after a group broke away from the main protest in Trafalgar Square and began to damage property including cars and shops, London’s Metropolitan police said. Members of the public were also threatened.

The anti-Kabila demonstration had started in Whitehall during the morning after agreement with police for a static protest, a police spokesman said.

« All demonstrators have now dispersed, » he added. Read more…

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~ par Alain Bertho sur 11 décembre 2011.

Une Réponse to “Elections au Congo : affrontements à Londres – 10 décembre 2011”

  1. It is not about the arrest…bad press as always…But we should stay focus on the real causes. Looting of minerals, women’s rape daily, silence of the International community…

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