Case No
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AGO 5/2013
05/12/2013 Angola
JAL
Mandate(s)
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Freedom of
expression;
Freedom of
peaceful assembly
and of association;
Human rights
defenders;
Summary
executions;
Torture;
Allegations of excessive use of force to disperse a peaceful demonstration, as well as 08/01/2014
the alleged killing of a human rights defender and several other protestors. According
to the information received, on 22 November 2013, an estimated 213 individuals were
detained by the National Police for distributing pamphlets around Luanda alleging that
security forces had killed Mr. Silva Alves Kamulingue and Mr. Isaias Sebastião
Cassule while in custody. Several members of the political party CASE-CE were
detained at the 9th Police Unit in Sambizanga. Whilst many of the detainees were
released the following afternoon, approximately 60 individuals remain in detention,
including Messrs’ Xavier Jaime, Chiconda Alexandre and Américo Chivukuvuku. On
the night of 22 November 2013, Mr. Manuel “Ganga” de Carvalho was reportedly
shot dead by a soldier, while distributing the same pamphlets in the neighbourhood of
Coqueiros. On 23 November 2013, police officers allegedly opened fire on
demonstrators and shot dead two protestors. Furthermore, the police allegedly
arrested, mistreated and threatened Mr. Zola Bambi, a lawyer working for the legal
aid organization Maos Livres. Two earlier related communications were sent on 26
April 2013, see A/HRC/24/21, case no. AGO 2/2013, and on 10 June 2013, see
A/HRC/25/74, case no. AGO 3/2013.
A/HRC/26/21
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