A/HRC/25/60/Add.2 de l'application des lois, dans l'accomplissement de leurs fonctions, auront recours autant que possible à des moyens non violents avant de faire usage de la force ou d'armes à feu. Ils ne peuvent faire usage de la force ou d'armes à feu que si les autres moyens restent sans effet ou ne permettent pas d'escompter le résultat désiré. » Le Rapporteur spécial souhaiterait également attirer l’attention du gouvernement sur le fait qu’en vertu de l’article 12 de la CAT les autorités compétentes doivent assurer qu’une enquête impartiale aura lieu chaque fois qu'il y a des motifs raisonnables de croire qu'un acte de torture a été commis. Le Rapporteur spécial souhaiterait également rappeler au gouvernement que l’Article 7 de la Convention demande aux Etats d’assurer que ceux qui sont suspects de commettre des actes de torture soient traduits en justice. Le Rapporteur spécial exhorte le Gouvernement à répondre au plus vite aux craintes exprimées dans la communication, notamment en fournissant des informations précises sur les enquêtes menées afin de traduire en justice les auteurs des faits, et veiller à ce que les victimes obtiennent réparation, y compris une indemnisation équitable et adéquate, et une réhabilitation aussi complète que possible. Angola (a) UA 10/06/2013 Case No. AGO 3/2013 State reply: 08/07/2013, 30/09/2013 Alleged incommunicado detention of Mr. Emiliano Catumbela “Ticreme”, and alleged arbitrary arrests of and excessive police actions against eight other human rights defenders during their participation in a vigil in Luanda on 27 May 2013. 8. The Special Rapporteur thanks the Government of the Republic of Angola for its replies, dated 8 July 2013 and 30 September 2013, to this communication in reference to the alleged detention and arrest of nine human rights defenders during their participation in a vigil in Luanda on 27 May 2013 and excessive police actions against them. All nine persons, namely Emiliano Catumbela “Ticreme”, Manuel Nito Alves, Albano Bingo, Nicola, Domingos Cipriano “Aristocrata”, Adolfo Miguel Campos André, Graciano, Ferbern, and Raul Lindo “Mandela”, are members of the Movimento Revolucionário (Revolutionary Movement), which peacefully defends human rights, democracy and accountability in Angola. On 27 May 2013 the aforementioned persons took part in a protest in Luanda on Largo da Independência, reportedly to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of Messrs. Silva Alves Kamulingui (also known as António Alves Kamulingue) and Isaías Sebastião Cassule. It is reported that the protesters encountered a heavy police presence and that several protesters were arrested by National Police officers and detained for several hours without charges. It was further reported that Mr. Lindo, also known as “Mandela”, was arrested by police officers at approximately 2100 hours and found unconscious by the side of the road some 5 kilometers outside Luanda between 2200 hours and 2300 hours. Sources additionally informed that Mr. Catumbela was arrested during the vigil and is being detained in the Provincial Directorate for Criminal Investigation in Luanda. Sources inform that Mr. Catumbela has been refused access to his lawyer while in detention and has been interrogated nonetheless. It has been reported that Mr. Catumbela was seen in a cell at a police station and his face allegedly displayed serious injuries. In this context, the Special Rapporteur recalled paragraph 1 of Human Rights Council Resolution 16/23 which “Condemns all forms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, including through intimidation, which are and shall remain prohibited at any time and in any place whatsoever and can thus never be justified, and calls upon all States to implement fully the absolute and nonderogable prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.” In its replies, the Government of the Republic of Angola stated that the alleged report that Mr. Catumbela’s face displayed serious injury at the police station was not accurate, and that the Government could not verify the allegations of arbitrary arrest or excessive police action against the eight other human rights defenders or protesters. The 7