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1 communications found
Date, Country,
Type and
ref. no. of
communication
Mandates Summary Replies received
    25 Feb 2025
    Angola
    JAL
  • arbitrary Detention
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • human rights defenders
Information received concerning the sustained targeting of members of the Vikolôngwa-Mbútwa community, including reports of violent repression during a peaceful protest on 23 November 2024, and of the subsequent arbitrary arrest and detention of seven community members, including Mr. Sapalo António Kakandi, Ms. Francisca Tuahuma, Ms. Cecília Candumbo Mweyanavi, Mr. Paulo Cambuta Kapaya, Mr. Mwetuyapula Francisco, Mr. Eduardo Mbambi Licino Kessongo, and Mr. Eduardo Tchiama, as a result of their activism in the defence of land rights.
Alleged victims: 7
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