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Angola Chiefs Denounce Rights Violations, January 2013
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Photo 1 of 5Credit: Maka AngolaA delegation of four traditional leaders representing the northeastern provinces of Lunda-Norte and Lunda-Sul delivered a petition to the Attorney-General of the Republic, general João Maria Moreira de Sousa, denouncing systematic violations of human rights in the diamond areas. -
Photo 2 of 5Credit: Maka AngolaThe petition asks for the re-opening of a preliminary investigation, archived by the Attorney-Generals office last June, on human rights violations exposed by journalist Rafael Marques in his book Blood Diamonds: Corruption and Torture in Angola.
The author lodged a criminal complaint against nine generals of the Angolan army as moral authors of systematic crimes of torture and assassination committed by guards of their private security company Teleservice. -
Photo 3 of 5Credit: Maka AngolaTraditional leaders sign the petition. -
Photo 4 of 5Credit: Maka AngolaThe delegation, which includes Mwambumba, Zovo, Mwanitete e MwaCapenda Camulemba, represents more than 100 traditional chiefs of the Cuango and Xá-Muteba municipalities. -
Photo 5 of 5Credit: Maka AngolaThe chiefs traveled more than 700 kms to denounce more than 500 torture cases, as well as over 100 assassination cases by members of the Angolan Armed Forces and Teleservice.
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