Angola: 'In Angola Nobody Is Free,' Activist Luaty Beirao Says

9 September 2016
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Because of his 36-day hunger strike, Luaty Beirao became the most famous of 17 activists detained in Angola. He was released under an amnesty earlier this year but told DW he cannot feel really free.

Luaty Beirao spent more than one year in prison together with 16 other activists. They were arrested on suspicion of plotting to overthrow the government. All they had done was discuss a book by US political scientist Gene Sharp about using non-violent resistance against dictatorships. Since the end of June 2016, Luaty Beirao has been free because the Angolan president Jose Eduardo dos Santos declared an amnesty.

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