Content_paragraphs:  In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, 98 human rights violations were
  
  documented in relation to the enforcement of prevention measures, of which 71 were
  
  committed by Congolese National Police agents. Those violations included the
  
  arbitrary arrest and illegal detention of 104 people, including 15 women, and the
  
  extrajudicial killing of nine people, including one woman and one child. Restrictive
  
  
  
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  measures were also used to limit the exercise of fundamental freedoms, with at least
  
  18 violations of the right to freedom of expression and assembly in the context of the
  
  20-person limit on gatherings imposed under the state of emergency. In response to
  
  that situation, MONUSCO organized capacity-building sessions for law enforcement
  
  officers on the promotion and protection of human rights in the context of the state of
  
  emergency.