Angola’s President Signs Repressive Civil Society Law

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Angola's President João Lourenço, December 4, 2024. © 2024 Ben Curtis/AP Photo Angolan President João Lourenço has signed into law new legislation that regulates the operation of nongovernmental organizations and other groups in the country. Civil society organizations, including Human Rights Watch, have warned about the serious risks the law poses to civic space in Angola.Published on March 2, the law grants the government broad powers to authorize, monitor, suspend, and financially restrict civil society organizations under vague notions of “security…

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