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Journalist, activist arrested

    JOHANNESBURG

    Open Society Foundation representative and freelance journalist Rafael Marques was arrested Friday night and assaulted by police before being released, Lusa has reported. According to the report, Marques was arrested after taking pictures of tents in Viana, south of Luanda, where the government wants to house residents it has evicted from Boa Vista, a Luanda shantytown.

    The residents were to stage a march on Saturday to protest their eviction, but the march was banned by the government. Police moved into Boa Vista more than a week ago, demolishing houses and forcing people to move to resettlement camps in Viana, between 40 km and 60 km away. Two people were killed in clashes with police. The deaths are still being investigated and the residents have approached the court for assistance.

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