• Angola: Stop Rape, Abuse of Congolese Migrants
    Press release
    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
    Press release
    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
    Press release
    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
    Letter
    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
    Press release
    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.

  • Letter to the Angolan Minister of Finance
    Letter
    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. 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.

  • Angola: Explain Missing Government Funds
    Press release
    Dec 20, 2011

    The government of Angola should promptly provide a full public accounting for US$32 billion in missing government funds thought to be linked to the state oil company. A December 2011 report by the International Monetary Fund revealed that the government funds were spent or transferred from 2007 through 2010 without being properly documented in the budget. The sum is equivalent to one-quarter of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

  • Angola: End Violence Against Peaceful Protests
    Press release
    Dec 7, 2011
    The Angolan government should end its use of unnecessary force, including by plainclothes agents, against peaceful anti-government protests
  • Angola: Free Demonstrators Unfairly Convicted
    Press release
    Sep 14, 2011
    The Angolan authorities should immediately drop politically motivated charges against 18 people who were convicted after unfair trials for their participation in an anti-government demonstration in Luanda.
  • Angola: Stop Repression of Anti-Government Protests
    Press release
    Sep 5, 2011
    The Angolan authorities should immediately end the use of unnecessary and disproportionate force against demonstrators. It should also ensure the protection of demonstrators and journalists covering anti-government protests against violence. More than 30 demonstrators arrested by the authorities are still being held incommunicado, their whereabouts unknown.