Angola timeline | World news. Angola. Angola. Angola - diamonds. The Troubled Angola Human Rights Report 2008. A. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life The government or its agents did not commit politically motivated killings; however, human rights activists and domestic media sources reported that security forces arbitrarily killed numerous persons during the year. Impunity remained a problem, although the government prosecuted some human rights violators. Results of investigations into security force abuses were seldom released. Police reportedly viewed extrajudicial killings as an alternative to relying on the country's ineffective judicial system.
Domestic media and local human rights activists reported that police use of excessive force resulted in killings. On December 17, police shot and killed two actors as they filmed a movie in a high-crime area of Luanda. On December 18, police shot and killed two vendors in an open-air market during a raid of pirated DVD vendors. There were no further developments in the numerous alleged 2006 or 2005 unlawful killings by police. b.
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