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Angola Urged to Release Jailed Pro-Democracy Activists

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Angola Urged to Release Activists

Time to release pro-democracy activists, rapper and academic Angola urged by Amnesty International | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

A leading rights group has called for the release of at least 13 people, including a rapper and an academic, held in Angola for allegedly plotting to oust the president. The detentions were a “ploy to suppress dissenting voices”, body__link-external” xlink:type=”simple” xlink:href=” https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/06/angola-detained-activists-must-be-immediately-released/Amnesty International said . The group was arrested last month after attending a meeting…

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