On 1 January 2025, Angolan TikToker Ana da Silva Miguel (also known as Neth Nahara) was released from detention following a presidential pardon given on 25 December 2024. Neth Nahara was arrested on 13 August 2023 in Luanda, capital city of Angola. On 14 August 2023, she was convicted to six months in prison for the crime of ‘outrage against the state, its symbols, and bodies’ for recording a live video on TikTok criticizing the president. Following an appeal by the public prosecutor on 27 September 2023, her six months sentence was increased to two years in prison. Neth Nahara was denied access to her daily medication for eight months, despite her complicated health condition.
