Police Go Door-to-Door in Congo After Poll Results
Police Go Door-to-Door in Congo After Poll Results
Published December 10, 2011
| Associated Press
KINSHASA, Congo– Police in an unmarked car are rounding up young men in opposition neighborhoods in Congo’s capital a day after election results declared the incumbent president the winner.
A team of reporters saw the group of police officers force their way into a home in Kinshasa on Saturday. They dragged out a young man and threw him into the back of the waiting car.
The scene was repeated a few blocks later.
Human Rights Watch senior researcher Anneke Van Woudenberg says she is receiving calls from residents in neighborhoods throughout the city reporting abductions by security forces.
Congo’s capital remained tense on Saturday. The country’s opposition leader rejected the results and proclaimed himself president, setting the stage for confrontation.
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