Security authorities arrest 10 catholic priests for protesting against government

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Ten catholic priests and more than 200 protesters have been have been arrested by security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo over Sunday’s demonstrations demanding President Joseph Kabila leave power.
The Catholic Church had organized the demonstrations against the leader, whose constitutional mandate ended in 2016.
About six people have been killed in the capital, Kinshasa, when police used tear gas and live bullets to disperse the protesters, which also took place in other parts of the country.
George Kapiamba of the NGO Congolese Association for Justice told the UN-sponsored Radio Okapi, “We have registered the case of 10 priests who have been arrested, including Father Dieudonne Mukinayi of Saint Christophe Parish in Binza Ozone.
“He is detained in a residence of a government official alongside eight parishioners.
“According to information we have, they were or continue to be mistreated. Their clothes have been torn.
“Two nuns are missing, 257 demonstrators have been arrested and are being held in various cells in Kinshasa,” Kapiamba added.
The Lay Coordination Committee, an arm of the Catholic Church, had called for nationwide demonstrations to push for the implementation of a political agreement signed between the government and the opposition on 31 December, 2016.

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