• Local residents walk down a street in a poor neighborhood in central Malabo, Equatorial Guinea on June 29, 2011.
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    World Report 2012: Equatorial Guinea

    Equatorial Guinea remains mired in corruption, poverty, and repression under President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who has been in power since 1979. Vast oil revenues fund lavish lifestyles for the small elite surrounding the president, while most of the population lives in poverty.The government regularly engages in torture and arbitrary detention. Journalists, civil society groups, and members of the political opposition face heavy government repression.

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Equatorial Guinea

  • Equatorial Guinea: Soccer Co-Host Violates Rights
    Jan 13, 2012

    The government of Equatorial Guinea, which is co-hosting the Africa Cup of Nations later in January 2012, cracks down on political opponents, intimidates journalists, and disregards due process. Some visiting journalists who have tried to report on Equatorial Guinea over the past year have been detained, interrogated, censored, and deported.

  • Equatorial Guinea: Reforms Ring Hollow Ahead of Summit
    Nov 22, 2011

    Latin American and African dignitaries gathering in Equatorial Guinea for a cross-regional meeting should press their host, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago, on his human rights record. Foreign Minister Antonio de Aguiar Patriota of Brazil, among other officials, is scheduled to attend the Africa-South America Summit taking place from November 22 to 25, 2011.

  • Equatorial Guinea: Vote Discredited by Irregularities
    Nov 15, 2011
    A referendum on November 13, 2011, to modify the constitution of Equatorial Guinea to further increase the powers of the presidency was marred by reports of voting fraud, harassment of opposition supporters, and intimidation of voters.
  • Equatorial Guinea: A Move to Consolidate Power
    Nov 11, 2011
    The constitutional changes that the people of Equatorial Guinea are asked to approve will strengthen the near-absolute powers of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo and further deprive citizens of their civil and political rights.
  • Equatorial Guinea: Release Opposition Member
    Nov 3, 2011

    The government of Equatorial Guinea should immediately release an opposition party member and civil society activist arrested on November 1, 2011, in what appeared to be a politically motivated act.

  • United States: Act Swiftly on Equatorial Guinea Corruption Probe
    Oct 19, 2011

    United States authorities should move quickly on an investigation of suspected corruption and money-laundering by the eldest son of President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea. On October 6, 2011, the Justice Department filed an official notice in California of a pending claim for the forfeiture of more than $70 million in assets, including a mansion, jet, and Michael Jackson memorabilia belonging to the younger Mr. Obiang.

  • UNESCO: Obiang Prize Suspended Again
    Oct 4, 2011

    The decision by UNESCO’s executive board on October 4, 2011, to defer any action on a highly controversial life sciences prize named after and funded by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea blocked a move to reinstate the prize immediately, but the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) should eliminate the prize permanently.

  • UNESCO: Stop Discredited Prize
    Sep 26, 2011

    UNESCO should reject a new bid to honor Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the president of Equatorial Guinea and now Africa's longest serving ruler, with a prize in his name. The prize was suspended last year after an outcry from concerned Equatoguineans, human rights groups, anti-corruption campaigners, and prominent literary, scientific, and cultural figures.

  • Equatorial Guinea: Abuses Ahead of AU Summit
    Jun 22, 2011
    Equatorial Guinea's government has spent lavishly on diplomatic accommodations while neglecting the rights of the country's poor in the lead-up to hosting the African Union summit. The government has also sharply limited public dissent and critical reporting. While most citizens of Equatorial Guinea languish in poverty, President Teodoro Obiang's government, which holds the revolving AU chairmanship, spent more than US$830 million to construct a luxury complex for the summit outside the nation's capital, Malabo.
  • UNESCO: Obiang Prize Rejected a Second Time
    May 11, 2011
    EG Justice and other civil society organizations today credited the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s Executive Board for soundly rejecting a petition by the government of Equatorial Guinea to reinstate a prize funded by and named after its president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
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