Angolan journalist harassed, illegally detained for 4 days for protest coverage

Angolan journalist harassed, illegally detained for 4 days for protest coverage

New York, April 17, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Angolan authorities to investigate the harassment of Folha 8 reporter Hermenegildo Caculo, who was illegally detained for almost four days for attempting to cover a protest last week — the third time he was arrested while reporting on demonstrations in less than a year. Caculo told CPJ that he was detained on April 6 at a protest in the capital, Luanda, by ex-employees of the…