Angola: Further information: Activists released from arbitrary detention: Adolfo Campos, Abraão Pedro Santos, Gilson Morreira, and Hermenegildo Victor José

On 6 January 2025, activists Adolfo Campos, Abraão Pedro Santos, Gilson Morreira, and Hermenegildo Victor José (together known as the AGPT4) were released from detention following a presidential pardon on 25 December 2024. The four were arrested on 16 September 2023 and on 19 September 2023, summarily tried, convicted and sentenced, without any evidence, to two years and five months in prison for ‘disobedience and resisting orders’ after an attempt to join a solidarity demonstration.

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