The United Nations wants 30 opposition leaders to be released from DRC

United Nations has called for immediate release of 30 members of the opposition party in the Democratic Republic of Congo from the colony.

Members of the two Union for Democracy parties and their social Progress counterparts were arrested on Sunday in Lubumbashi, south of the country, after the police broke their meeting.

• The election in DRC was postponed until 2019

President Kabila has banned any political meeting, including opposition protests, since his term of office as president, ended a year ago.

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Image captionPresident Joseph Kabila has remained in custody even after his term of service ended last year

The electoral commission in the country, said it would not be easy to prepare the presidential elections, before April 2019.

Another opposition party- Union for the Congolese Nation, said that it would not eliminate the government's power sharing system, in connection with the delays of the general elections.

Regular opposition protests in the country have been severely influenced by President Joseph Kabila's rule.