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Angolan 'Bookstore' Activists Go on Trial

A group of friends who used to meet every Saturday at a bookstore in the heart of Luanda to discuss non-violent resistance will go on trial on charges of conspiring to rebel against President Jose Eduardo dos Santos.

Angola: Activists in Court Over 'Non-Violent' Book

DW, 15 November 2015

Seventeen Angolan activists are scheduled to go on trial on November 16. They are accused of conspiring to rebel against President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who has been in power… Read more »
Angola: The Political Trial of President Dos Santos

Maka, 15 November 2015

There is an enormous controversy among Angolan legal experts about the ways in which President José Eduardo dos Santos could intervene in the case of the 17 youths charged… Read more »

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Seventeen Angolan activists are scheduled to go on trial on November 16.

Angola: Angolan Diplomat Praises Leadership of President Eduardo Dos Santos

ANGOP, 15 November 2015

The country's ambassador to the United States, Agostinho Tavares, praised Thursday the leadership of the Angolan President, José Eduardo dos Santos, in the process that led… Read more »
Angola: Independence Celebrations Marred By Crackdown

Maka, 11 November 2015

President José Eduardo dos Santos's tightening stranglehold on freedom of expression in Angola and his government's decades of fear and repression will cast an indelible… Read more »
Angola: Rights Groups Demand the Release of 15 Youth Activists

Maka, 5 November 2015

The Angolan government should promptly release 15 rights activists arrested in June 2015, for meeting to discuss books on peaceful resistance, and drop the charges against them,… Read more »
Angola: Being Against a Coup d'Etat Is Crime of Rebellion in Angola

Maka, 4 November 2015

The Angolan university lecturer, Domingos da Cruz, whose work is cited in an indictment as the cause for the June detention of 15 activists in Luanda, does not believe coup… Read more »
Angola: Attempting to Assassinate the President With a Non-Violence Manual

Maka, 1 November 2015

The manuscript of Angolan academic Domingos da Cruz, one of the prisoners of conscience in Luanda, defends peaceful actions against totalitarianism. Read more »
Angola: Lawyer Faces Jail Term for Inviting Congolese Journalists

Maka, 30 October 2015

Human rights lawyer Arão Bula Tempo has been formally charged with the crimes of attempted "collaboration with foreigners to constrain the Angolan state" and rebellion. He… Read more »
Angola: The Use of the Judiciary As a Poisoned Arrow Against Critics

Maka, 29 October 2015

João Domingos da Rocha, 28 years old, has been held at Luanda Central Penitenciary under preventive detention for seven years. He is suspected of having stolen a bundle of… Read more »
Angola: Youth Activists Charged With Rebellion and Coup Plotting

Maka, 7 October 2015

The Angolan activist Rafael Marques told Lusa (Portuguese News Agency) this week that the charge of "rebellion" against the youths who have been detained in Luanda is a sign of… Read more »

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