source: Actualite; Radio Okapi; La Prunelle
actor1: Protesters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-)
location: Bukavu
notes: On 12 January 2021, a group of university students and primary school teachers demonstrated in Bukavu city (Bukavu, Sud-Kivu) to demand the resumption of classes and their right to study despite the coronavirus pandemic. The police dispersed the crowd using teargas and birdshot to enforce the ban on demonstrations due to the pandemic. At least 3 journalists covering the protest were beat by the police and their equipment seized. [size=no report]