source: WANEP-SL; Independent Observer
actor1: Protesters (Sierra Leone)
actor2: Police Forces of Sierra Leone (2018-)
location: Freetown
notes: On 19 September 2019, the Police Forces interrupted a protest in Freetown (Western, Western Area Urban) by arresting at least 8 people as they were about to start a demonstration holding placards. The interruption and the arrests came 3 days after 5 other people were arrested who organized under the name ''Concerned Sierra Leoneans,'' a movement connected to the APC. The group was reportedly planning staging and believed to intend burning banks, police stations, public building and kill police officers. [size=unknown]