Press Release
Angola: Five Government Critics Released After More Than A Year Of Arbitrary Imprisonment
At last, Neth Nahara, Adolfo Campos, Gildo das Ruas, Tanaice Neutro and Pensador are free.
January 7, 2025
Press Release
Angola: No Justice For Years Of Police Violence That Left People Dead, Wounded And TraumatizedÂ
Authorities in Angola must hold police officers accountable for killing, injuring or traumatizing dozens of people during protests between November…
November 27, 2024
Press Release
Africa: Richer Countries Must Commit To Pay At COP29 As Climate Change Forcibly Displaces Millions Across Africa
It’s time for the countries who caused all this devastation to pay up so African people can adapt to the…
November 4, 2024
Blog
Amnesty Writes to Presidents Biden and Lourenço to Advocate for Human Rights in Angola Visit
Ahead of President Biden’s December trip to Angola, Amnesty wrote to both President Biden and President Lourenço with human rights…
October 30, 2024
Press Release
Angola: President Biden Must Demand Immediate Release of Five Arbitrarily Detained Government Critics Â
President Biden must demand Angolan President João Lourenço and his government immediately release five government critics arbitrarily detained for more…
October 8, 2024
Blog
As Biden Travels to Angola, Human Rights Must be Front and Center
When Biden visits Angola this month, he must raise human rights concerns with President Lourenço instead of focusing solely on…
October 3, 2024
Press Release
Governments and Police Must Stop Using COVID-19 Pandemic as Pretext for Abuse
Abusive policing and excessive reliance on law enforcement to implement COVID-19 response measures have violated human rights and in some instances…
December 16, 2020
Press Release
Governments in Southern Africa must move beyond politics in distribution of COVID-19 food aid
Millions of people face the threat of starvation and are already in a precarious situation as they have now lost…
May 6, 2020
Press Release
Angola: Blocking rap concert is state censorship
Ahead of the planned livestream of a concert this evening in Luanda by Luaty Beirão - also known as Ikonoklasta…
November 7, 2016
Press Release
Continued imprisonment of 17 activists in Angola a gross injustice
Angolan authorities must immediately and unconditionally release the 17 activists arrested on trumped up charges, said Amnesty International today as…
June 17, 2016
Press Release
Angola: Release of activist after a successful appeal an overdue triumph for justice
Today’s release of human rights defender José Marcos Mavungo after the Angola Supreme Tribunal upheld his appeal against a six-year…
May 20, 2016
Press Release
Angola: Conviction of 17 peaceful activists an affront to justice
The guilty verdict and sentences of jail term handed down to 17 activists on 28 March 2016 by the Luanda…
March 29, 2016