Beginning of the trial of the 101 demonstrators
The trial of the 101 people arrested during the prohibited rally at Rio last December 20th starts today, Monday at the court of Justice. The prohibited rally caused a lot injuries and one dead among the demonstrators.
According to the prosecutor, Sidonie Flore Ouwé the arrested people are charged for public disorder. Some of them were with knife and gas cans during their aerostations.
For the lawyer of the opposition, Jean Paul Moubembe, those people are but victims and only guilty of being there at Rio at the wrong time and wrong place.