Angola: From Anger to 'Rebellion' - How Angola Is Stretching the Law

Angola: From Anger to 'Rebellion' - How Angola Is Stretching the Law

Analysis - Social activist Osvaldo Caholo has been imprisoned for almost six months for comments he made during a live social media broadcast at an anti-government protest in Luanda on 12 July 2025. Under Criminal Case No. 3807/25, the Angolan Public Prosecutor has charged him with rebellion, public instigation to crime and public apology of crime -- accusations that rest entirely on spoken words, not actions, organisation or demonstrable crimin…