Security forces disbanded a peaceful demonstration to demand the replacement of obsolete medical equipment staged by health-care staff of the Abomey Hospital (central Benin). The mayor of Abomey declared the demonstration a “threat to public order.”
2016-06-12
Abomey, Benin Republic
The Police
Article 23 and 25
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