On 6 November 2026, the Lubango court in Huíla province, Angola, sentenced five members of the Vikolôngwa Mbútwa community to more than three years' imprisonment for charges following a violent police intervention on 23 November 2024, in connection with a land dispute, in the absence of the defendants and their lawyers, who were informed of the hearing only two days before it took place while the legislation provided for a period of 15 days. The…
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On 6 November 2026, the Lubango court in Huíla province, Angola, sentenced five members of the Vikolôngwa Mbútwa community to more than three years' imprisonment for charges following a violent police intervention on 23 November 2024, in connection with a land dispute, in the absence of the defendants and their lawyers, who were informed of the hearing only two days before it took place while the legislation provided for a period of 15 days. The…