Youth Protest Scheduled in Angola Despite Police Warning · Global Voices
Sara Moreira

An unauthorized youth demonstration [pt] called by the Angolan Revolutionary Movement (Movimento Revolucionario Angolana) is planned for this afternoon, September 19, 2013, in the capital city of Angola, Luanda. A few hours before the demonstration is expected to begin, Mozambican journalist from BBC Africa Zenaida Machado (@zenaidamz) wrote on Twitter:
#Angola Police say they did not authorize the protest because of fears that the group would use slogans that incite violence & promote war.
— zenaida machado (@zenaidamz) September 19, 2013
Machado quotes a statement by the Spokesman of National Police, Aristófanes dos Santos, broadcast on national television TPA last night:
#Angola police vow to clamp down on planned protest. “We'll repress all acts that go against order…We'll use force if it is necessary”
— zenaida machado (@zenaidamz) September 19, 2013
She also recalls Amnesty International's recent statements urging the Angolan authorities not to suppress the upcoming demonstration. The human rights organization is concerned “that like previous protests, Thursday will see unwarranted force used against the protesters”.