India, Nov. 13 -- Amnesty International said Angolan authorities must “immediately and unconditionally” release Serrote José de Oliveira, also known as General Nila, and four other members of the National Unity for the Total Revolution of Angola (UNTRA) movement, following their arrest on 11 November during a ceremony commemorating six years since the fatal shooting of Inocêncio de Matos by security forces during a protest.
Arrests during commemoration ceremony
Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah, said the arrest of General Nila and four other UNTRA members while they were “peacefully participating in a ceremony” was “a contravention of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly.”
Chagut...