Angola: President Signs Laws Curtailing Speech, Association

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Angolan President João Lourenço in Lisbon, Portugal on April 26, 2024. © 2024 Photo by Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (Johannesburg) – Angolan President João Lourenco has signed into law two bills that fail to meet international human rights standards and will severely restrict freedoms of the media, expression, and association, Human Rights Watch said today.Angola’s National Assembly approved the Bill on the Crimes of Vandalism of Public Goods and Services on July 18, 2024, which provides prison terms of up to 25 years for people who participate…

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