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Angola: Activists Beaten Just Days Before Protest

Categories: Sub-Saharan Africa, Angola, Citizen Media, Elections, Freedom of Speech, Politics, Protest

Two activists tell on video [1] how they were captured by cars without license and beaten up on a remote area of the capital Luanda. Blogger Gil Gonçalves had reported [2] [pt] on the missing men, both involved in a protest of March 10 against the nomination of Suzana Inglês to head National Electoral Commission (CNE). Elections are expected for 2012 in the country.