Worrisome nationwide police campaign against dissent leads to Angola arrest of pro-democracy groups: Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

On a Saturday afternoon last month police raided a house in Luanda, the capital of Angola, and dragged 16 people out at gunpoint, covered their heads in hoods, and drove them away. They have been held in solitary confinement since June 20. According to witnesses, the group had gathered for a weekly book club, where they…