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​​​Angola, arbitrary arrests and hunger set election tone

“Make the vote meaningful for human rights observance: Human rights manifesto for Angola ahead of the 2022 general election”, it its new briefing. The organization details how Angolan authorities have increased their clampdown on human rights amid a deteriorating humanitarian situation compounded by drought-induced hunger in the country’s southern region.

The Angolan authorities are tightening their grip on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and association by preventing civil society meetings from taking place ahead of the general election in August, Amnesty International said today.

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