Amnesty International said Wednesday it had evidence that Angolan police killed at least 17 protesters by using excessive force, including live bullets, against public demonstrations over around 30 months.
None of the officers or their superiors responsible for the killings had faced justice, the rights group said in a report that accused police of a brutal crackdown instead of respecting the right to peaceful assembly.
Police are notoriously tough in oil-rich Angola, a legacy of a 1975-2002 civil war and almost four decades of repression under former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos.
The current president, former defence minister Joao Lourenco, took over in 2017 and is due to meet US President Joe Biden when he visits the southwestern African country next month.
Amnesty said it had investigated police action at 11 demonstrations between November 2020 and June 2023 over issues such as rising…
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