According to Anita Powell, pressure is mounting on Angola, a Southern African Development Community member-state, over its human rights record.
 
The European Parliament recently weighed in on what activists say is a deteriorating human rights situation and is demanding the immediate release of dissidents who they say were arrested for political reasons.
 
Several human rights and legal organisations are adding their voices to the fray, heartily endorsing the European Parliament resolution that condemns the Angolan government’s treatment of dissidents and calls for the release of all political prisoners and human rights defenders.
 
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