Angolan Soldiers in New Protest

Publisher:: Maka Angola
Publication Date:: 21 June 2012
Tags:: Angola, Arms and Military Affairs, Human Rights, Governance, Legal and Judicial Affairs

Hundreds of former soldiers staged a protest that caused panic in Luanda on the morning of 20 June. A large contingent of Rapid Intervention Police and Military Police used teargas and batons to violently disperse the veteran's protests. The war veterans were demanding payment of their pensions, some of which were 20 years in arrears.

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