major public hospital in Luanda where cases were first diagnosed. The UN CESCR recommended that Angola increase resources to the health sector, particularly to improve infrastructure and expand health care facilities especially in rural areas. HOUSING RIGHTS – FORCED EVICTION In its 2016 review of Angola, the UN CESCR expressed concern at the persistence of forced evictions, including from informal settlements and during development projects, without the necessary procedural guarantees or the provision of alternative housing or adequate compensation to the affected individuals and groups. Communities were resettled in makeshift homes without adequate access to basic services such as water, electricity, sanitation, health care and education. On 6 August, a military officer shot dead 14-year-old Rufino Antônio, who was standing in front of his home in an attempt to prevent its demolition. The military police had been deployed there that day to deal with a demonstration against the demolition of houses in Zango II, Viana Municipality in Luanda, in the context of a development project. Those suspected of the killing had not been brought to justice by the end of the year. 1. Urgent Action: Angolan activist convicted after unfair trial: Manuel Chivonde Nito Alves (AFR 12/3464/2016) 2. Urgent Action: Further information: Angolan activist released a week early: Francisco Mapanda (AFR 12/5205/2016) 3. Urgent Action: Angola: Four youth activists detained without charge (AFR 12/4631/2016) 4. Amnesty International, OMUNGA and Organização Humanitária Internacional (OHI) urge Angolan authorities to respect the rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly (AFR 12/4590/2016) ARGENTINA Argentine Republic Head of state and government: Mauricio Macri Women and girls faced obstacles in accessing legal abortions; the 68 criminalization of sexual and reproductive rights intensified. Discrimination against Indigenous Peoples continued. BACKGROUND The National Congress passed the Law on Access to Public Information (Law 27.275). The National Council of Women presented the National Action Plan for the Prevention, Assistance and Eradication of Violence against Women. In June and October, mass protests took place under the slogan “Not One Less” over pervasive violence against women, femicide and the lack of public policies to address the situation. Argentina was subject to the scrutiny of the UN Human Rights Committee, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW Committee), and the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS In April, a woman from the Tucumán province was found guilty of “murder” and sentenced to eight years in prison after suffering a miscarriage in a hospital, according to her clinical record. She was reported to the police by hospital staff for purportedly inducing an abortion and held in pre-trial detention for over two years. She was first charged with undergoing an illegal abortion and then with aggravated murder for the premeditated killing of a close relative (a crime that carries prison sentences of up to 25 years). In August, the UN Human Rights Committee expressed concern regarding this case, recommending that the government consider decriminalizing abortion and calling for her prompt release. The Committee further called on Argentina to liberalize its laws on abortion, to ensure that all women and girls have access to reproductive health services, and “that women are not obliged, as a consequence of legal obstacles, the exercise of conscientious objection of health workers or the lack of medical protocols, to resort to clandestine abortions that put their lives and health at risk”. The Tucumán Amnesty International Report 2016/17