Campaigners detained under charges including acts of rebellion,planning mass action of civil disobedience and producing fake passports
Seventeen young Angolan activists were charged in court with rebellion against the state yesterday, for organising a reading of a US academic’s book.
The young campaigners were detained in June after organising a reading of Gene Sharp’s 1993 book: “From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation”. The book’s blurb describes it as “a blueprint for nonviolent resistance to repressive regimes”. Related: Reading the revolution: the book club that terrified the Angolan regime Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com