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The Luanda Trial was a trial held in Luanda, Angola, in June 1976 during the Angolan Civil War. Thirteen Western mercenaries were sentenced to either long prison terms or execution by firing squad.

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Luanda Trial

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The Luanda Trial was a trial held in Luanda, Angola, in June 1976 during the Angolan Civil War. Thirteen Western mercenaries were sentenced to either...

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Costas Georgiou

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was a Cypriot-born British mercenary executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial for activities during the civil war phase of the Angolan War of Independence...

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Gary Acker

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American mercenary who was sentenced to 16 years in prison during the Luanda Trial, of which he served 7. Gary Acker was born in 1954 to Joyce and Carl...

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National Liberation Front of Angola

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Revolutionary Government of Angola in Exile African independence movements Luanda Trial "Colonel" Callan James George Butler "major" Angolan War mercenary Charlie...

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List of mercenaries

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Greek Cypriot-born British mercenary executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial for activities during the civil war phase of the Angolan War of Independence...

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Mercenaries in the Angolan Civil War

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according to the publication «Version». At least a hundred of them died. Luanda Trial Burke, Kyle (2018). Revolutionaries for the Right: Anticommunist Internationalism...

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Unlawful combatant

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combatants were executed, after a regularly constituted court, was the Luanda Trial as mercenaries. Two separate issues to be determined in evaluating the...

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Luanda Railway

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The Luanda Railway (sometimes called Angola Railway) is a 424 km (263 mi) single-track Cape gauge railway line from the Angolan capital of Luanda to Malanje...

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Jack Dromey

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Trades Union Congress. Dromey attended the 1976 "Luanda Trial" a.k.a. "Mercenaries' Trial" in Luanda, Angola, as an "observer". As secretary of the local...

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June 28

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sentences US and UK mercenaries to death sentences and prison terms in the Luanda Trial. 1978 – The United States Supreme Court, in Regents of the University...

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Security Advisory Services

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three British citizens) and nine to long-term imprisonment during the Luanda Trial. UN Mercenary Convention Unlawful combatant Arms trade FNLA, reinforced...

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July 10

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(one American and three British) are executed in Angola following the Luanda Trial. 1978 – President Moktar Ould Daddah of Mauritania is ousted in a bloodless...

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1976

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and one American, are shot by firing squad in Angola, following the Luanda Trial. Seveso disaster: An explosion in Seveso, Italy, causes extensive pollution...

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Mercenaries in popular culture

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is Costas Georgiou also called Col. Callan who was executed after the Luanda Trial in 1976. American singer-songwriter Harry Chapin recorded a song entitled...

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Angola

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Democratic Republic of the Congo. The capital and most populous city is Luanda. Angola has been inhabited since the Paleolithic Age. Its formation as a...

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Stephen Sedley

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observers, the "Luanda Trial", sometimes called "the Mercenaries' Trial", held by the then recently-victorious MPLA government in Luanda, Angola. He became...

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Rui Pinto

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creator of the Football Leaks website, and responsible for Malta Files and Luanda Leaks revelations. Pinto created the Football Leaks website in September...

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Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba

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entered into an alliance with the Dutch West India Company who had captured Luanda from the Portuguese. Between 1641 and 1644, Njinga was able to reclaim large...

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2024 in piracy

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Russia. Retrieved 3 May 2024. "Houthis attack British-linked tanker Marlin Luanda in Gulf of Aden". BBC News. Retrieved 8 May 2024. "Pirates, hijacks and...

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Judiciary of Angola

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jury. The Supreme Court (Tribunal Supremo), founded in 1985 and based in Luanda, hears appeals from the lower courts. It is divided into three chambers...

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Red Sea crisis

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destroyers INS Visakhapatnam and USS Carney. The fire suffered by the Marlin Luanda tanker was caused by a missile fired from Yemen. It was brought under control...

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Zito Luvumbo

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the Angola national team. Born in Luanda, Luvumbo began his career with Primeiro de Agosto, and underwent a trial with English club Manchester United's...

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List of 5G NR networks

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Retrieved 2022-12-10. "Unitel launches 'NetCasa' 5G fixed wireless broadband in Luanda". TeleGeography. 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2022-12-10. "Botswana gets first...

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