{"id":437411,"date":"2011-06-07T11:01:21","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T11:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/07\/journalist-beaten-and-arrested\/"},"modified":"2011-06-07T11:01:21","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T11:01:21","slug":"journalist-beaten-and-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/07\/journalist-beaten-and-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Journalist Beaten And Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"26.4894755619\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.misa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Media Institute of Southern Africa<\/a> (Windhoek)<\/p>\n<p>6 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>press release<\/p>\n<p>On 25 May 2011, police arrested and seized working material from a journalist who was reporting on a peaceful demonstration in the capital, Luanda.<\/p>\n<p>Koqui Mukuta, a journalist with the popular radio station Radio Despertar, was dragged into a vehicle and driven to a police station for allegedly reporting on an illegal gathering. He was then freed but police confiscated his recorder, notebook and badge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They pushed me and hit my head against their vehicle twice before taking me to the station,&#8221; said Mukuta.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day, more than 20 other activists were also arrested for allegedly demonstrating illegally.<\/p>\n<p>Radio Despertar is linked with the major Angolan opposition party UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola).<\/p>\n<p>In the last few months, groups of protesters, many of them youths, have been using social media to promote and carry out anti-government demonstrations and protest against poverty at Largo da Independ\u00eancia (Independence Square) and across Luanda.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Original post:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106070746.html\" title=\"Journalist Beaten And Arrested\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Journalist Beaten And Arrested<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Media Institute of Southern Africa (Windhoek) 6 June 2011 press release On 25 May 2011, police arrested and seized working material from a journalist who was reporting on a peaceful demonstration in the capital, Luanda. 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