Paulo Fontes, from the campaign management of the Portuguese section of that non-governmental organization, told Lusa that a petition will be launched on the occasion for the "end to the use of excessive, disproportionate and lethal force" by the Angolan security forces, in the exercise of freedom expression and meeting.
"We will launch a petition calling for an end to the use of excessive, disproportionate and lethal force by security forces in exercising freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and for a thorough investigation and accountability for all crimes committed. And that there is also, obviously, reparation and justice for the families of the victims", said Paulo Fontes.
The leader of the Portuguese section of the international NGO for the defense of human rights added that the vigil is part of the campaign that Amnesty International has been carrying out for Angola.
"And we will not stop until freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and human rights in general in Angola and around the world are restored, but in this specific case, in Angola", he reiterated.
Amnesty, he said, has "documented cases of dozens of young people who suffered police violence and repression by the authorities when they tried to demonstrate, some of them even paying with their lives".
Paulo Fontes lamented that in Angola demonstrators, activists, "all people who are a dissenting voice are seen by the Angolan authorities as nuisances and are repeatedly treated as criminals, when this is not true". "It is, on the contrary", he stressed.
This Tuesday's vigil will also be attended by Angolan activist Kenidi Domingos.
