Case No Country AGO 5/2013 05/12/2013 Angola JAL Mandate(s) Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply 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 12 Date Type

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