source: Radio Okapi; Politico (DRC); AFP; Reporters Sans Frontieres; Twitter; La Libre Afrique; Top Congo FM; Reuters; Ouragan; RFI
actor1: Rioters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-)
location: Kinshasa
notes: On 15 September 2021, a group of people gathered in several districts of Kinshasa (Kinshasa, Kinshasa) to demand the depoliticization of the country's electoral commission ahead of the 2023 presidential elections. During the event, the demonstrators threw stones at the PNC while the PNC used tear gas to disperse the demonstrators. Several members of Lamuka/NOGEC were arrested (4-8 for Lamuka and 25 for NOGEC), as well as a RFI/Actualite journalist, who was later released. This journalist, as well as another one from Actu24, were beaten by the PNC. The PNC threw tear gas at the compound of the RTVS1 media. The Head of the Lamuka coalition was reportedly beaten and prevented from exiting his vehicle to join the event. [size=no report]