Costa Rica celebrated its first same-sex marriage when two women, Alexandra Quiros and Dunia Araya, celebrated their wedding: an “extraordinary moment”.
Luaty Beirao, Angolan dissident rapper sentenced to 5 years in jail
5-and-a-half years in jail: this is the price Angolan musician and rapper Luaty Beirao paid for his political commitment against President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. The verdict issued by a court of Luanda found Beirao and 16 other activists guilty of wanting to overthrow the government and institutions. The sequence of events started on 20
5-and-a-half years in jail: this is the price Angolan musician and rapper Luaty Beirao paid for his political commitment against President Jose Eduardo dos Santos. The verdict issued by a court of Luanda found Beirao and 16 other activists guilty of wanting to overthrow the government and institutions.
The sequence of events started on 20 June 2015, when the group was arrested after being caught red-handed while reading, as ironically underlined by defence lawyers. In fact, the 17 were discussing about non-violent resistance during a meeting dedicated to Gene Sharp’s book From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation. Journalist and academic Domingo da Cruz, considered the group’s leader, was inflicted the harshest penalty: 8 years and a half in jail for conspiracy and attempted military coup.
Beirao, also known as Ikonoklasta, protested against his detention by starting a hunger strike, while his lawyers announced they will appeal. Human rights associations said the verdict was “a ridiculous scandal” and that the defendants were subjected to a “kangaroo court trial”, which sheds light on the alarming conditions of Angolan justice.
MARCOU A SEMANA: Luaty Beirão retoma greve de fome https://t.co/HrmQ4jA3DH pic.twitter.com/DqbruhYhuU
— Expresso (@expresso) 12 dicembre 2015
Being the third economy of the continent, Angola registered an economic boost after the end of the civil war in 2002, thanks to huge oil resources. However, the country is characterised by an increasing discontent due to bribery scandals, repression, and impunity. Dos Santo’s family is considered to be one of the country’s wealthiest, and President’s daughter Isabelle was defined as Africa’s richest woman by Forbes. In power since 1979, President Dos Santos – Africa’s second-longest serving leader after Teodoro Obiang Nguema in Equatorial Guinea – has recently announced his will to quit the political arena at the end of his term, in 2018.
#luatybeirão #stencil #freedom #politicalart #angola #prisioneiropolítico #lisboa – Um dia seràs livre!/ One day you’ll be free!
Una foto pubblicata da Rita Antunes (@risy_a) in data:
A debate has risen over the past few days about whether it is a fact or just a propaganda action. The opposition is sceptical: “It happened in 2001 when he announced he would not run for elections the following year. He just wants to test his popularity inside and outside the party,” said Raúl Danda, Vice President of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).
Siamo anche su WhatsApp. Segui il canale ufficiale LifeGate per restare aggiornata, aggiornato sulle ultime notizie e sulle nostre attività.
Quest'opera è distribuita con Licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Non opere derivate 4.0 Internazionale.
On top of a 2.4 million dollar compensation, the indigenous Ashaninka people will receive an official apology from the companies who deforested their lands in the 1980s.
From Italy to the United States, workers in the logistics and delivery sectors are protesting to demand better sanitary conditions to protect themselves from Covid-19.
The pandemic and its restrictions are affecting everyone, without exceptions. However factors like housing, income inequalities, gender, access to technology and working conditions are influencing how people experience the health crisis.
In the midst of India’s coronavirus lockdown, two dozen people lost their lives in a desperate bid to return home: migrant labourers forced to leave the cities where they worked once starvation began knocking at their doors.
Apple, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla are among the tech companies named in a lawsuit brought in the US by the families of children killed and maimed in cobalt mining activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
We, the people is Survival’s 2020 calendar, which features the winners of the photography contest showcasing images of the world’s indigenous peoples.
Un violador en tu camino – the rapist is you – is an anthem protesting the impunity of gender-based violence. It began in Chile and has become a global flash mob, bringing people to the streets and resonating all over the world.
Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for reaching peace with Eritrea. Yet, Indigenous groups in Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley have been abused by security forces, a fact that the prime minister must address, says the Oakland Institute.