• Human Rights in Angola

    The atmosphere surrounding Angola’s upcoming 2012 parliamentary elections – which will also determine the president – is one of increasing restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression, association, and assembly and media freedom. The repressive climate has deepened since the resounding victory of the ruling Movement for the Liberation of Angola party in the 2008 elections. Criticism against President José Eduardo dos Santos, in power for 32 years, has risen significantly in 2011. Authorities are using excessive force to crack down on an incipient protest movement against bad governance, corruption, poverty and political repression. 

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    Angola: Stop Rape, Abuse of Congolese Migrants
    Angolan security forces frequently abuse irregular migrants during expulsions from Angola, including sexual violence and other degrading and inhuman treatment, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
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  • SADC: Press Angola, Zimbabwe on Rights as Elections Near
    Aug 14, 2012
    Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting this week should press the governments of Angola and Zimbabwe to improve human rights conditions in advance of upcoming national elections. SADC’s annual heads of state summit is scheduled for August 17 and 18, 2012, in Maputo, Mozambique.
  • Angola: Stop Stifling Free Speech
    Aug 1, 2012
    The Angolan government is responsible for numerous incidents of political violence, intimidation of protesters, and crackdowns on peaceful demonstrations that might have a negative impact on the August 31, 2012 parliamentary elections. The government should end its crackdown on peaceful protests and the media with the start of the election campaign on August 1.
  • Angola: IMF Should Insist on Audit
    Jul 11, 2012

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should insist that Angola’s government explain how it spent more than US$41.8 billion in unaccounted oil revenues from 2007 to 2011, Human Rights Watch, Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa (OSISA)-Angola and the Revenue Watch Institute said in a letter to the IMF released today. The IMF’s Executive Board is scheduled to meet on July 11, 2012, in Washington, DC, to discuss Angola as part of an annual review of each of its member countries. 

  • Joint Letter to Managing Director Lagarde Re. July 11 Executive Board Meeting on Angola
    Jul 11, 2012

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should insist that Angola’s government explain how it spent more than US$41.8 billion in unaccounted oil revenues from 2007 to 2011, Human Rights Watch, Open Society Initiative of Southern Africa (OSISA)-Angola and the Revenue Watch Institute said in a letter to the IMF.

  • Angola: Protesters Detained, Disappeared
    Jul 5, 2012
    The Angolan government is targeting protest organizers for arbitrary arrest and detention in response to increasing demonstrations criticizing the government or its policies,
  • Angola: Stop Rape, Abuse of Congolese Migrants
    May 21, 2012
    Angolan security forces frequently abuse irregular migrants during expulsions from Angola, including sexual violence and other degrading and inhuman treatment, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
  • Angola: Violent Crackdown on Critics
    Apr 2, 2012
    The Angolan government should immediately end its use of unnecessary force against peaceful anti-government protesters, human rights activists, journalists, and opposition politicians. Ensuring that people can exercise their basic rights to freedom of association, expression, and peaceful assembly, and prosecuting those who violate those rights, is crucial for creating a peaceful environment for parliamentary elections slated for later in 2012. On April 4, Angola will celebrate 10 years of peace since the end of the decades-long civil war.
  • IMF: Withhold Funds to Angola
    Mar 27, 2012
    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should withhold a scheduled $130 million loan disbursement to the government of Angola until Angolan authorities fully and publicly justify a US$32 billion discrepancy in Angola’s public accounts.
  • Letter to IMF Managing Director Lagarde on Angola
    Mar 26, 2012

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) should withhold a scheduled $130 million loan disbursement to the government of Angola until Angolan authorities fully and publicly justify a US$32 billion discrepancy in Angola’s public accounts, Human Rights Watch and the Revenue Watch Institute said in a letter to the IMF released on March 27, 2012. 

  • Angola: End Silence on Missing Funds
    Jan 17, 2012

    The government of Angola should publicly disclose its efforts to trace tens of billions of dollars in missing public funds apparently connected to the state oil company, Sonangol, Human Rights Watch in an open letter to the country’s finance minister. In December 2011, the International Monetary Fund reported that there was an unexplained US$32 billion discrepancy in the Angolan government’s accounts from 2007 through 2010.

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