Angolan authorities must respect and ensure the right to freedom of peaceful assembly

Angolan authorities must respect and ensure the right to freedom of peaceful assembly

Angolan authorities must respect and ensure the right of peaceful assembly and guarantee that nationwide protests planned for 19 and 26 July against high cost of living, are facilitated and protected, said Amnesty International. Police must refrain from violating the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, including through the use of unnecessary and excessive force against protestors as witnessed in past protests, including on 12 July, where som…