{"id":32674,"date":"2026-04-22T07:20:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32674"},"modified":"2026-04-22T07:20:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T05:20:15","slug":"angola-mozambique-flagged-in-amnesty-report-over-rights-abuses","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/angola-mozambique-flagged-in-amnesty-report-over-rights-abuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Angola, Mozambique flagged in Amnesty report over rights abuses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest report by Amnesty International has raised fresh concern over the state of human rights in parts of Africa, with Angola and Mozambique singled out for serious violations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The report points to a pattern of arbitrary arrests, heavy-handed crackdowns on protests and civilian deaths linked to the actions of security forces. It comes at a time when both countries are facing growing social and political pressure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Legal expert Jaime Domingos says the findings are deeply worrying, noting that they reflect a broader erosion of civil liberties. \u201cWhat we are seeing is not isolated incidents, but a pattern that suggests shrinking democratic space and increasing intolerance of dissent,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Domingos, who is also Co-co-ordinator of the Movimento C\u00edvico Mudei, warned that without stronger accountability mechanisms, such trends could worsen. \u201cIf there is no transparency and consequences for abuses, it becomes very difficult to rebuild public trust in institutions,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20658,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-32674","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The latest report by Amnesty International has raised fresh concern over the state of human rights in parts of Africa","published_date":"2026-04-22 07:19:19","news_description":"The latest report by Amnesty International has raised fresh concern over the state of human rights in parts of Africa","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32675,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32674\/revisions\/32675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}