source: Election-Net; Politico (DRC); Twitter; Actualite; Radio Okapi
actor1: Protesters (Democratic Republic of Congo)
actor2: Police Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (2019-)
location: Kinshasa - Lingwala
notes: On 5 August 2021, hundreds of individuals, including Lamuka youth members, LUCHA and other non-governmental organizations members, took to the streets in Kinshasa - Lingwala (Kinshasa) in a demonstration to demand the depoliticization of the electoral center and its independence. The police intervened and dispersed the group with batons and tear gas. 20 people were arrested and later released. [size=hundreds]