Social activists Michael Amushelelo and Dimbulukeni Nauyoma are detained at the Otjomuise Police Station in Windhoek after they were arrested during an youth unemployment protest.
The two are not yet charged.
UNEMPLOYMENT PROTEST| Activist Michael Amushelelo has been dealt a blow after High Court Judge Eileen Rakow dismissed an urgent application in which he wanted the Court's intervention to continue with the planned mass protest against unemployment.
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BEHIND BARS: Social justice activist Dimbulukeni Nauyoma and NEFF commissar Michael Amushelelo speaking from behind bars of the Otjomuise Police Station after leading unemployment protests in Katutura. They will be taken to the Seeis police holding cells.
Video: Jemima Beukes
MP arrested... Member of parliament Inna Hemgari was arrested after she, Julietta Amushelelo, the wife of Michael Amushelelo, along with fellow MP Hidipo Hamata, arrived at the Otjomuise police station where Michael and fellow activist, Dimbulukweni Nujoma, are being held.
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