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Equatorial Guinea:
Unesco Puts Disputed Prize On Hold Again
SciDev.Net, 5 October 2011
A research prize named after Equatorial Guinea's president, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo - and funded by him to the tune of US$3 million - will remain suspended, following the… Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea:
Obiang Prize Shelved For Now, Again
CPJ, 5 October 2011
UNESCO's executive board Tuesday again deferred action on the life sciences prize named after and funded by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea. The… Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea:
Unesco Suspends Obiang Prize Again
HRW, 4 October 2011
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 »
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Equatorial Guinea:
Prize Donated By Dictator Obiang Sullies Both Unesco and UN System
Nation, 3 October 2011
Democracy is complex, as Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former Secretary of State Madeline Albright said during a conversation I facilitated at a summit on human rights at the Ford… Read more »
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Africa:
Obiang Prize Goes Down to the Wire
CPJ, 3 October 2011
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is a stubborn man. In 2008, the president of Equatorial Guinea made a $3 million donation to UNESCO to underwrite a prize in the life sciences. But a… Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea:
Democracy, Obiang and a Disputed Prize
AMI, 30 September 2011
Democracy is complex, as Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and former Secretary of State Madeline Albright reminded during a conversation I facilitated at a summit on human rights… Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea:
Unesco Should Reject Obiang's Prize
allAfrica, 29 September 2011
Over the past year, the world has watched, with great interest, the Arab Spring dissolve decades of repression as citizens weary of injustice have stood up and demanded control of… Read more »
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Africa:
The AU, the OAU and the UNESCO-Obiang Prize
Fahamu, 29 September 2011
Under pressure from campaigners, UNESCO last year rightly shelved a prize for research in the life sciences funded by Equatorial Guinea's president of 32 years, the despotic… Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea:
Letter Sent to Ms. Bokova to State Our Concerns About the Unesco-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences
RSF, 28 September 2011
Eleven organizations which participated in the consultative process for the UN Inter Agency Meeting on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity, hosted at UNESCO on… Read more »
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Africa:
Unesco Must Stop Discredited Prize
Global Witness, 26 September 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, a group… Read more »
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Africa:
Equatorial Guinea Seeks to Resurrect Controversial Award
HRW, 26 September 2011
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization should reject a new bid to honor Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the president of Equatorial Guinea and now… Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea:
UNESCO Must Reject Obiang Prize Bid
CPJ, 26 September 2011
The Committee to Protect Journalists joined with eight other human rights organizations today in opposing the bid for a UNESCO life sciences prize named after Equatorial Guinea… Read more »
