rity”. There there were widespread fears that these offences would be interpreted over-broadly in practice, resulting in a crackdown on civil society. private and public media. Until the end of the reporting period of the present publication, 31 December 2017, the boycott was still in place. August 2017 December 2017 ASSAULTED Journalist Vicente Salgueiro of Rádio Ecclésia was assaulted while reporting on a smell coming from Sonangol’s logistics base, which had caused a number of cases of fainting. September 2017 DETAINED Journalist Pedro Teca denounced having been detained by the authorities during the investiture ceremony of the new President of Angola, despite being accredited to cover the event. Teca, who was in the service of the Angolan newspaper Folha 8, was taken by members of the protocol unit at the ceremony while inside the venue with other media professionals at the António Agostinho Neto Memorial. No reasons were offered for this detention. Teca is a known member of the group of young Angolans known as “revús” (revolutionaries), critics of José Eduardo dos Santos. December 2017 CENSORED A number of individuals described by journalists as ‘strangers’ accompanied by a policeman entered the press room at the National Assembly and confiscated the material that the cameraman of TV Zimbo had recorded. The incident drove the SJA to organise a boycott of Parliamentary proceedings that was widely supported by both CENSORED The generators of Rádio Ecclésia in Malanje were utterly vandalised, not only with the removal of key components, but also the destruction of wiring and pipes. The motive for the act of vandalism is not known.