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    BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 28 Mar 2016

    Seventeen #Angolan activists jailed for between 2 to 8 years for planning a rebellion against President dos Santos.pic.twitter.com/QvptFjlpr1

    8:07 AM - 28 Mar 2016
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    18 replies 268 retweets 91 likes
      1. Steve Lewis‏ @owstonlewis 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica Very sad. They were stitched up. Gov can't stand any criticism. @ACTSA_UK @amnesty

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      1. Nelson Bie‏ @nelson_bie 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica nothing wrong they did...

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      1. Nansinguza Jacob‏ @NansinguzaJ 28 Mar 2016
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        @BBCAfrica This is serious!

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      2. Kenny‏ @PittKenneth 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica they should've known it would have come down to jail time.

        2 replies 1 retweet 1 like
      3. i-am Madambeef‏ @MariaZest1 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @PittKenneth

        @PittKenneth @BBCAfrica but the likes of @MariahCarey will continue to perform private gigs for these Dictators. Shame on you

        0 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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      1. Mr Gerald Makokola‏ @Mr_Khanya 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica so sad

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      1. deadly sinner‏ @OYUGIJAMES1 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica. it is not justice for the poor at all but display how leaders are arrogant and terrorists to human rights.

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      1. Kady Mixinge‏ @KadyMX 28 Mar 2016
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        @BBCAfrica This is how a dictatorship works. It's just sad!

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      1. I am_VICTOR‏ @victorsilas6 29 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica true

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      1. joanna van Leeuwen‏ @jo_14leeuwen 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica @FatimaFaid ontwikkelingsgeld van Europa?

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      1. Francis Olisa‏ @17_francs 28 Mar 2016
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        @BBCAfrica hmmmm

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      1. Ogun‏ @ogungbola 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica Another despotic, nepotistic and autocratic African leader abusing his power while the masses are suffering. Bastard Dos Santos!

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      1. Lucky andrew‏ @5113625 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica If it's true the court has done it's job but now it's 4 African leaders to say its to rule when the time come

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      1. JNeto‏ @Jneto47Ne 28 Mar 2016
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        @BBCAfrica #Rubbish 😡😡😡Angolans unite against the dictator Dos Santos .

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      2. ESTAROSSA‏ @kaytheboy 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica @MutomboDaPoet Makes you realize for all the shit Ghana is, it's not that bad. This doesn't happen in the regular

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Spooky skeleton‏ @_R4finha__ 29 Mar 2016
        Replying to @kaytheboy

        @kaytheboy @BBCAfrica @MutomboDaPoet unfortunatly thats how the gov here works We cant say anything or they will put us behind bars (jail)

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      1. Abdulrazaq A.‏ @arjnr007 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica @tomburgis sad stories that come from Africa and some parts of Asia only, I wonder when the leaders of these countries will learn

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      1. Yall Wana Comment Sum More?‏ @nipa_lau 28 Mar 2016
        Replying to @BBCAfrica

        @BBCAfrica no justice. Free them

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      1. Ningas Sbudunga‏ @boy_mathaithai 28 Mar 2016
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        Ningas Sbudunga Retweeted BBC News Africa

        @BBCAfrica More wasted lives and wasted people in defence of the looting of public purse.https://twitter.com/BBCAfrica/status/714469003176124417 …

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        Seventeen #Angolan activists jailed for between 2 to 8 years for planning a rebellion against President dos Santos. pic.twitter.com/QvptFjlpr1
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