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.

Children's Rights

June 14, 2018 News Release

Africa: Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Barred from School
Africa

June 6, 2018 News Release

Angola: Video Shows Apparent Execution by Police
Africa

January 18, 2018 News Release

Southern Africa: Increased Repression of Peaceful Dissent

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

May 24, 2018 Letter

Letter to Angolan President, H.E. João Lourenço
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
June 29, 2017 News Release

Angola: 2 Journalists Face Baseless Criminal Charges
June 2, 2017 Blog

Sephora, Beaten, Jailed for Holding a Red Card
April 25, 2017 Dispatches

Angolan Police Attack Protesters in Wheelchairs
March 17, 2017 News Release

Angola: Respect Women’s Right to March
March 1, 2017 News Release

Angola: Police Beat, Set Dogs on Peaceful Protesters
November 30, 2016 News Release

Angola: New Media Law Threatens Free Speech
August 30, 2016 News Release

SADC: Reverse Downward Slide on Rights

World Report 2018

Angola

Our People

Zenaida Machado

Researcher, Africa Division @zenaidamz

Dewa Mavhinga

Director, Southern Africa Dewamavhinga

Daily Brief

June 20, 2018

Big day - Lots of news - Deep breath... Trump's policy of ripping children away from their parents; Looking at deaths in ICE custody; US leaving UN Human Rights Council; Hungary criminalizing assistance to migrants; Believe it or not, it's World Refugee Day; The danger that chemical weapons will become normal again; Saudi crackdown on women's rights activists; The need to investigate protester deaths in Gambia; What is the Indonesian government hiding in Papua?; and finally, some good news: new global health guidelines are a victory for transgender people.