A/HRC/16/79 killed and four were seriously injured during the incident. Those arrested were held in custody at the Prefecture de la police in Plateau, then transferred to the central civilian prison. They were all subsequently released on 18 January. C. Violent suppression of the demonstrations on 16 December 2010 15. Political violence escalated on 16 December 2010, when RHDP authorities tried to rally supporters from all over the country to march peacefully towards Abidjan to take over the building of Radiodiffusion Télévision ivoirienne (RTI) with a view to install the Director-General appointed by the Ouattara Government. The march was forcefully repressed by members of the FDS, particularly in Abidjan, Divo, Bondoukou and Tiébissou, near Yamoussoukro. In Yamoussoukro, a clash between members of the FDS and the FAFN resulted in several casualties. On the same day, a similar clash between FDS and FAFN members in Abidjan at the Golf Hotel resulted in at least 10 deaths, including three FDS soldiers. The FAFN in Bouaké reinforced its troops and advanced to Ngattalikro, near Yamoussoukro, in the former zone of confidence, to head off a possible FDS attack from the south. D. Call for civil disobedience by the Rassemblement des houphouëtistes pour la démocratie et la paix 16. Launched on 18 January 2011, Operation “ghost country”, by which the RHDP called for civil disobedience across the country, was severely repressed by the FDS from 18 to 20 January in Abidjan, Abengourou, Agnibilébro and Gagnoa. The FDS members involved in these abuses included soldiers from the CECOS, the CRS, the Brigade antiémeute and the Navy. The FDS aggressively removed barricades erected by RDHP supporters in the Attécoubé and Adjamé neighbourhoods of Abidjan and in the Dioulabougou neighbourhood of Gagnoa, and shot indiscriminately at unarmed civilians, killing nine people, including a 15 year-old boy, and causing injury to 21 others. In reaction, demonstrators in Gagnoa vandalized nine buses belonging to Société de transport KS, a private company whose owner had refused to follow the call by RHDP. Three other people were killed in Agnibilékro by the FDS. The call by RHDP had a negative impact on the daily life of citizens, especially those working in the health and education sectors. Several schools were closed, and many patients were deprived of their basic right to medical care owing to the absence of medical personnel. 17. The passivity of law enforcement officers, who failed to protect civilians against various abuses, led to the establishment of self-defence groups to secure certain neighbourhoods. Local communities also used a warning system consisting of making noise with sauce pans and other kitchen tools, known as “opération casseroles,” to prevent killings, abduction and other violations by the FDS or other security agencies. E. Abobo PK 18 attacks 18. On 17 December 2010 and 11 January 2011, FDS soldiers raided Abobo PK 18, a suburb of Abidjan and a stronghold of President Ouattara’s supporters, where the soldiers suspected the presence of FAFN members and of dozos (traditional hunters) loyal to him. On 17 December 2010, they broke into private homes, fired gunshots all night long and arrested several young men. At least 18 people were reportedly killed in this operation. On 11 January 2011, the FDS once again raided Abobo PK 18. On the pretext of searching for weapons and dismantling roadblocks erected by the local population, they broke into several homes, firing live bullets to intimidate residents. Preliminary information from 8