Liberia, Aug. 4 -- The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) has described the July 17 protest organized by Solidarity and Trust for a New Day (STAND) as largely peaceful, but expressed concern over the reported disarming of an armed plain-clothes police officer by demonstrators during the march.

In a statement issued following its monitoring of the protest, the Commission said it deployed a team of human rights observers in keeping with its statutory mandate to promote and protect human rights across Liberia.

The demonstration, which began at approximately 1:00 p.m., attracted an estimated 1,500 participants, including members of STAND, the opposition Congress for Democratic Change (CDC), and the Student Unification P...