The security forces used excessive force to impose COVID-19 restrictions and dozens of people, including children, were unlawfully killed. Human rights defenders were arrested for disseminating health information and distributing masks and hand sanitizer to Indigenous communities. The rights to...

Police must protect human rights and exercise restraint during upcoming nationwide protests against high fuel costs and restrictive laws aimed at limiting the work of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Angola, Amnesty International said today ahead of the demonstrations planned from 10 to 17...

Angola authorities must release Tanaice Neutro, an activist who is being detained arbitrarily for more than 500 days despite suffering from severe health issues, Amnesty International said today. Tanaice Neutro was arrested on 13 January 2022 after he allegedly shared a video online in which he...

Authorities in Angola must immediately and unconditionally release Tanaice Neutro for protesting against high levels of poverty, corruption and repression, and guarantee the right to peaceful protest across the country, Amnesty International said today as it marked seven months since the activist...

Authorities in Angola must account for the whereabouts of a five-year-old boy who went missing after police raided the Mucubai Community in Ndamba area in the outskirts of the city of Moçâmedes, the capital of Namibe Province in which 16 houses were torched and personal belongings including...

Angola has faced an unprecedented crackdown on human rights, including unlawful killings and arbitrary arrests, in the lead up to the 24 August election, Amnesty International said today. In its new briefing, “Make the vote meaningful for human rights observance: Human rights manifesto for Angola...

The Angolan authorities are tightening their grip on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association by preventing civil society meetings from taking place ahead of the general election in August, Amnesty International said today. On 21 May, Angolan police prevented two NGOs — Omunga,...

Millions of people in southern Angola are facing an existential threat as drought aggravated by climate change continues to ravage the region, Amnesty International said today. The organization highlighted how the creation of commercial cattle ranches on community land has driven  pastoralist...

Journalists and media houses across East and Southern Africa came under increasing attack in the past year, despite the urgent need for access to information during the COVID-19 pandemic and other crises in the region, Amnesty International said today. Across the region, media workers have been...

Responding to a crackdown by Angolan security forces in which more than 10 protesters were shot and killed since 30 January, in the mining town of Cafunfo, Cuango municipality, Lunda Norte province, Amnesty International and OMUNGA, Angolan Non-Governmental Organization, said: Muleya Mwananyanda,...

Angolan authorities have escalated a crackdown on dissent in recent months by using disproportionate and unnecessary force, including unlawful killings, to disperse protests and tackle breaches of state of emergency regulations imposed to stem the spread of COVID-19, Amnesty International said...

Ahead of planned peaceful demonstrations in Angola tomorrow, organized to protest against the high cost of living and call for municipal elections, Muleya Mwananyanda, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for Southern Africa said: “Angolan authorities must guarantee that protesters can...

Angolan security forces tasked with implementing COVID-19 restrictions killed at least seven people between May and July 2020, according to a new investigation by Amnesty International and Angolan rights organization OMUNGA. The victims were all boys and young men, and the youngest victim was just...