The report, which was filed with the National Directorate of Investigation and Penal Action (DNIAP) on February 8, refers to the "tragic event" of January 30, when an undetermined number of people died in an alleged act of rebellion in the town of Cafunfo (Lunda Norte).
"What worries are the negative repercussions that followed, with violation of fundamental and human rights, as well as torture and arbitrary arrests and formally illegal, to the point of there being summary executions," points out the document, to which Lusa had access.
According to the police version, six people died that day when a group of citizens linked to the Movement of the Lunda Tchokwe Protectorate (MPLT) staged an act of rebellion and tried to invade a police station, information contradicted by local witnesses, the MPLT and the Angolan opposition who estimate more than 20 deaths in an attempt to demonstrate peacefully.
The OCSJ criticizes the targets of the participation (the minister, Eugénio Laborinho, and the commander, Paulo Almeida) for having provoked "a real tension" and fostered a climate of persecution, emotional instability and distrust, instead of appealing for calm.
In the days that followed the incident, commander Paulo Almeida stated that "those who try to invade the police stations (...) will have a prompt, efficient and disproportionate response" from the police.
As for Eugénio Laborinho, he warned that the government would not engage in dialogue with "these people" who "are on the wrong track" and whose interests are "the mining, where foreigners dominate and command the Angolans who live there.
For the human rights organization, there is "an appeal to intolerance, violence, hatred and xenophobia, feeding this act as a preamble to future disturbances, persecutions, aggressions and assaults on foreigners.
The OCSJ considers that this positioning of high political figures in the government "is unacceptable" and fuels a climate of violence and manhunt, in addition to violating several articles of the Constitution of the Republic.
"These acts are considered by the doctrine and the law as apology to crime, it also constitutes provocation to crime, insofar as they feed assumptions that could justify new repressions, violations of rights and possible summary executions," reads the document.
The Observatory stresses that no high dignitary or representative of any organ may "incite the populations, society or the defense and security forces to disrespect the law or to act outside the law.
He adds that these speeches "have vulgarized and allowed barbaric acts to be considered normal and committed to the point that more lives have been taken after the events of January 30", and that these conducts should be held responsible to avoid the "growing impunity" and "excesses" committed by the personnel of the forces of law and order and security.
The document is signed by seven lawyers from the OCSJ, including Zola Bambi, who brought an action against the state for the death of young Inocêncio de Matos during a demonstration in Luanda, and who chairs the Observatory.
