Namibia: Further information on Fear for safety
Paulo Mendes, Herculano Jornal Satchanga and Bartolomeu Sangueve were released on 27 October. The High Court has ordered that Jose Sekunda be released, but the authorities have not yet complied.
Paulo Mendes, Herculano Jornal Satchanga and Bartolomeu Sangueve were released on 27 October. The High Court has ordered that Jose Sekunda be released, but the authorities have not yet complied.
Amnesty International is concerned for the safety of Jose Domingos Sekunda, Paulo Mendes, Herculano Jornal Satchanga and Bartolomeu Sangueve who may be expelled to Angola by the Namibian authorities. If returned, they risk being tortured or killed by the Angolan security forces.
Manuel Sahanda Neto who has not been seen since reportedly being forcibly returned to Angola has informed the Namibian National Society of Human Rights that he is in the Angolan city of Lubango. He is known not to be in detention but no further details are available.
Manuel Sahanda Neto, an Angolan national and director of The Angolan Human Rights League, who has refugee status in Namibia, has not been seen since reportedly being forcibly returned to Angola. Amnesty International fears for his safety as it believes he may be at risk of ill-treatment and torture.
Manuel Sahanda Neto, an Angolan national granted refugee status in Namibia, was arrested on 18 May 1998 and has since “disappeared”. It is feared that he may be being held in incommunicado detention in Namibia or that he may be forcibly repatriated to Angola where he faces possible arbitrary arrest, ill-treatment in custody and torture.