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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Amnesty International’s Annual State of the World Report Slams Governments, Including the U.S., for Global Assault on Freedoms
On the launch of its 2015 State of the World report, Amnesty International USA urged President Obama to use his…
February 22, 2016
Report
Amnesty International State of the World 2015-2016
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…
February 18, 2016
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Your rights in jeopardy, global assault on freedoms, warns Amnesty International
International protection of human rights is in danger of unravelling as short-term national self-interest and draconian security crackdowns have led…
February 18, 2016
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Angola: Kangaroo court undermines judicial independence as trial of activists enters fourth week
The barring of family members, the media, diplomatic representatives, independent observers and the general public has turned the trial of…
December 8, 2015
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Angola: Trial of 15 activists after five months in detention a travesty of justice
The trial of 15 peaceful activists who have been held unlawfully for almost five months and charged with preparing “rebellion…
November 13, 2015
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Angola: Independence celebrations marred by crackdown on human rights
President José Eduardo dos Santos’s tightening stranglehold on freedom of expression in Angola and his government’s decades of fear and…
November 11, 2015