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Angola: Further information: Forced eviction in Angola cancelled
15 September 2011

The planned forced evictions in the Arco Iris neighbourhood of Lubango, Angola, which were scheduled for 25 August, did not take place. Residents believe the work ...

Urgent Action       AFR 12/003/2011

Angola to forcibly evict hundreds of families | Amnesty ...
22 August 2011

Some 750 families in Angola's southern city of Lubango have been ordered to leave their homes to make way for a new road.

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Angola to forcibly evict hundreds of families | Amnesty ...
22 August 2011

Hundreds of families in Angola's southern city of Lubango could be left destitute, as authorities prepare to demolish their homes on Thursday to build a new road

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Angola: Hundreds of families facing forced eviction
18 August 2011

The authorities in the southern city of Lubango are planning to forcibly evict hundreds of families from their homes on 25 August. The families would be left destitute ...

Urgent Action       AFR 12/002/2011

Angolan activist arbitrarily detained in DR Congo | Amnesty ...
6 July 2011

An Angolan activist has been arbitrarily detained for more than two weeks, apparently in connection with an attack on the Togolese football team last year.

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Angola: Health of political prisoners deteriorating in Angola ...
23 June 2011

Five political prisoners and two detainees held at Kakanda prison in Lunda Norte province, Angola, are suffering from deteriorating health after finishing a 13- ...

Medical Action       AFR 12/001/2011

Angola rehouses victims of forced evictions | Amnesty ...
10 June 2011

Hundreds of people in Luanda whose homes were demolished between 2004 and 2006 are to be rehoused from September.

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Report 2011: Amnesty International at 50 says historic change on ...
13 May 2011

Amnesty International's annual report details how the rise of social media is fuelling a new activism that repressive governments are struggling to control.

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Africa: Human Rights Live Here: Stop forced evictions in Africa
31 March 2011

Across Africa hundreds of thousands of people each year are left homeless when they are forcibly evicted from their homes by the authorities. In most cases evictions ...

Document       AFR 01/002/2011

Political detainees held under repealed law must be released ...
31 January 2011

Political detainees charged with a law which has now been repealed, remain in prison in appalling conditions in pre-trail detention.

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