Angola: Intimidation campaign to stop protest

The Angolan government carried out an intimidation campaign in connection with an announced anti-government demonstration that was inspired by events in Egypt and Tunisia, Human Rights Watch has said. The government warned in the weeks leading up to the protest, which was announced for 7 March 2011, that anyone who joined would be punished for inciting violence and attempting to return the country to civil war. Police arrested several demonstrators and journalists the night before the event.