Anonymous hacks Angolan government after activists jailed

Collective says it attacked official websites in retaliation to sentences given to 17 members of a book club in Luanda

A Portuguese branch of the Anonymous hacking collective says it has shut down around 20 Angolan government websites in retaliation to the jailing of 17 youth activists for plotting a "rebellion".

The youths, including well-known rapper Luaty Beirio, were sentenced on Monday to between two and eight-and-a-half years, in a ruling that Amnesty International said was "an affront to justice".