Angola

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A new president, João Lourenço, was elected in September 2017, ending almost four decades of José Eduardo Dos Santos’ repressive rule. The new president pledged to govern for all Angolans, and combat corruption and mismanagement of public funds. Security forces frequently used intimidation, excessive force, and arbitrary detention against peaceful protesters. Freedom of the press continues under threat after a new media law was enacted in the face of opposition from the journalist’s union and human rights groups.

LGBT Rights

January 23, 2019 Dispatches

Angola Decriminalizes Same-Sex Conduct

Graeme Reid
Director, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Rights Program
Africa

January 17, 2019 News Release

Southern Africa: New Leaders Can Do More for Rights
Africa

November 15, 2018 News Release

Angola: Stop Abusive Expulsions of Migrants

Videos Watch More

March 1, 2017 Video

Video: Police Beat Protesters, Threaten them with Dogs in Angola

Reports More Reports

June 14, 2018

Leave No Girl Behind in Africa

Discrimination in Education against Pregnant Girls and Adolescent Mothers
September 29, 2013

"Take That Filth Away"

Police Abuses Against Street Vendors in Angola
August 1, 2012

Angola's Upcoming Elections

Attacks on the Media, Expression, and Assembly

News

September 26, 2018 News Release

Angola: Investigate Past Rights Abuses
August 16, 2018 Dispatches

Angolan Army Sergeant Sentenced to Prison for Killing Boy

Zenaida Machado
Researcher, Africa Division
July 6, 2018 Dispatches

Angolan Journalists’ Acquittal a Victory for Free Speech

Zenaida Machado
Researcher, Africa Division
June 22, 2018 Statement

Civil society call to tackle abuses, conflict, and lack of transparency in diamond supply chain
June 14, 2018 News Release

Africa: Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Barred from School
June 6, 2018 News Release

Angola: Video Shows Apparent Execution by Police
May 24, 2018 Letter

Letter to Angolan President, H.E. João Lourenço
January 18, 2018 News Release

Southern Africa: Increased Repression of Peaceful Dissent
September 25, 2017 Commentary

New Day in Angola, Old Story in Equatorial Guinea

Sarah Saadoun
Researcher, Business and Human Rights

Published In: All Africa
August 16, 2017 Dispatches

Angola Bans Activist Demonstrations Ahead of Elections

Zenaida Machado
Researcher, Africa Division
August 7, 2017 News Release

SADC: Recommit to Human Rights Protection
July 18, 2017 Dispatches

Angola’s Constitutional Court Upholds Freedom of Association

World Report 2019

Angola

Our People

Zenaida Machado

Researcher, Africa Division @zenaidamz

Dewa Mavhinga

Director, Southern Africa Dewamavhinga

Daily Brief

February 21, 2019

34 killed and disappeared by police in DR Congo; Jordan's "fake news" amendments need revision; Mexico shouldn’t eliminate key disability rights agency; outbreak of violence in Cameroon takes a heavy toll on education; Trump must raise human rights in his meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Un; freedom of speech under threat in Lebanon; media barred from insurgent region in Mozambique; China's censorship crosses borders; and unresolved questions one year after the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak.