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BREAKING: Angolan activists to be released – lawyer
2:29 CAT | 29 Jun 2016
Observador (File photo)
The Angolan activists known as 15+2 who were sentenced to prison for crimes of rebellion and criminal conspiracy will be released. The decision comes from the Supreme Court.
The news is brought by Lusa news agency, quoting one of the defence lawyers of the activists, who had filed for “habeas corpus” in April. “I can announce that I now got the call from the Supreme to say that they will be released. It is confirmed and I will now go to watch them come out,” Michele Francisco said.
The move comes just over a year after the activists were arrested on 20 June 2015, in Luanda, while reading and discussing a book proposing peaceful methods to bring down a dictatorship.
The 17 activists are Henrique Luaty da Silva Beirão, Manuel Chivonde (Nito Alves), Nuno Álvaro Dala, Afonso Matias (Mbanza Hanza), Nelson Dibango Mendes dos Santos, Hitler Jessy Chivonde (Hitler Samussuko), Albano Evaristo Bingobingo, Sedrick de Carvalho, Fernando António Tomás (Nicolas o Radical), Arante Kivuvu Italiano Lopes, Benedito Jeremias, José Gomes Hata (Cheick Hata), Inocêncio Antônio de Brito, Osvaldo Sérgio Correia Caholo, Domingos da Cruz, Laurinda Gouveia and Rosa Conde.
Source: Observador / Amnesty International
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