Angola: Police Use Excessive Force Against Peaceful Protesters

Click to expand Image Angola's Rapid Intervention Force during a protest against the rise in fuel prices and transport costs in Luanda, July 12, 2025. © 2025 Julio Pacheco Ntela/AFP via Getty Images (Johannesburg) – Angolan police used excessive force and carried out arbitrary arrests while dispersing peaceful protesters in Luanda, the capital, on July 12, 2025, Human Rights Watch said today. Police unnecessarily fired tear gas and rubber bullets and assaulted protesters, injuring several people. They also detained 17 protesters, some of whom were released only after legal intervention. The…

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