DRC police beat reporter in crackdown against opposition protests
Al Jazeera
Media workers strongly condemn beating of journalist Patient Ligodi covering protest called by Martin Fayulu.
Police have beaten a journalist and fired tear gas to disperse a small crowd in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) capital, Kinshasa, during an opposition protest against alleged election meddling.
Some 20 protesters gathered on Wednesday in response to a call by opposition leader Martin Fayulu.
Police beat and temporarily detained Patient Ligodi, a journalist working for Radio France International (RFI), while he was interviewing Fayulu.
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