Friday, November 8, 2013

Angolan teenager held for insulting president starts hunger strike

An Angolan teenager Nito Alves (17 years old) who has been in prison for two months awaiting trial for insulting president Jose Eduardo dos Santos has started a hunger strike to pressure authorities to release him. Alves was arrested on September 12 for printing slogans on t-shirts  called a president 'a disgusting dictator'.  Alves is a member of a youth movement which wants Dos Santos to resign.

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