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June 7
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Equatorial Guinea: Opposition Figure Mansogo Alo Pardoned
The pardon by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea of Dr. Wenceslao Mansogo Alo, the prominent political opponent and human rights defender, is a positive... Read more »
May 28
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Equatorial Guinea: Jailed Opposition Figure Transferred to Isolated Cell - Attorney Suspended [press release]
Authorities in Equatorial Guinea should cease all harassment of a jailed political opponent and those close to him, Human Rights Watch, Physicians for Human Rights and EG Justice... Read more »
May 9
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Equatorial Guinea: Opposition Figure Wrongly Convicted [press release]
The conviction of a prominent member of Equatorial Guinea's beleaguered political opposition is a travesty of justice, Human Rights Watch said today. A trial court in the city of... Read more »
March 16
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Equatorial Guinea: Unesco Supports Prize Backed By Dictator [press release]
After nearly two years of debate, the executive board of UNESCO last week approved a life sciences prize sponsored by Africa's longest-serving dictator, despite intense lobbying by... Read more »
March 12
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Equatorial Guinea: Disappointing Vote By Unesco On Obiang Prize [press release]
A split vote by UNESCO's Executive Board to approve a prize sponsored by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea puts the president's interests above UNESCO's... Read more »
February 28
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Equatorial Guinea: Eliminate Obiang Prize, Urge Seven Civil Society Groups [press release]
UNESCO's governing executive board should abolish a prize named after and funded by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea at its upcoming meeting, seven... Read more »
February 16
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Equatorial Guinea: Opposition Figure Held Without Charge [press release]
The detention without charge of Dr. Wenceslao Mansogo Alo, a medical doctor who is also a prominent human rights defender and opposition member in Equatorial Guinea, for more than... Read more »
November 5, 2011
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Equatorial Guinea: Concern Over Politically Motivated Arrest of Opposition Member Ahead of Referendum [press release]
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... Read more »
October 7, 2011
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Equatorial Guinea: Unesco Suspends Obiang Prize Again [press release]
The decision by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's executive board on October 4, 2011, to defer any action on a highly controversial life... Read more »
May 16, 2011
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Equatorial Guinea: Unesco Rejects Petition to Reinstate Prize Funded By President [press release]
EG Justice and other civil society organizations today credited the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's Executive Board for soundly rejecting a... Read more »
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