Crackdown Ahead of Elections in Equatorial Guinea
The government has arrested activists and members of the opposition and placed restrictions on social media ahead of elections later this month, watchdog groups have said.
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Equatorial Guinea:
Govt Targets Opposition Ahead of Elections
AI London, 15 May 2013
The arrest of at least nine activists who were trying to organize a peaceful demonstration in Equatorial Guinea is further evidence of the authorities' determination to clamp down… Read more »
Woman voting in Guinea (file photo).
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Equatorial Guinea:
Online Media Crackdown Ahead of Elections - Report
RSF, 14 May 2013
Reporters Without Borders condemns the government's blocking of access to Facebook and certain opposition websites since 12 May. The targets include the site of the main opposition… Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea:
Human Rights Concerns Ahead of Equatorial Guinea Elections
AI London, 7 May 2013
Serious human rights violations and denial of fundamental freedoms in Equatorial Guinea are casting a shadow over campaigning ahead of the 26 May, 2013 legislative elections,… Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea:
Human Rights Concerns Ahead of Elections - Troubling Conditions Compromise May 26 Legislative Vote
HRW, 7 May 2013
Serious human rights violations and denial of fundamental freedoms in Equatorial Guinea are casting a shadow over campaigning ahead of the May 26, 2013 legislative elections,… Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea:
Amnesty International, EG Justice, and Human Rights Watch Joint Statement On Concerns Ahead of the May 26 Vote in Equatorial Guinea
HRW, 7 May 2013
Equatorial Guineans will go to the polls on May 26, 2013, to elect members of a new parliament as well as local council members across the country. Voters will also elect, for the… Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea:
Obiang Loses Libel Case Against French NGO
RFI, 26 April 2013
A French court ruled on Thursday that an Ngo did not libel Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema when it accused him of salting away vast amounts of his country's… Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea:
Human Rights Reports: Equatorial Guinea
State Department, 19 April 2013
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea:
Visiting Leaders Should Press for Rights - Country's Citizens Denied Free, Fair Elections
HRW, 18 February 2013
Latin American and African officials participating in a cross-regional meeting in Equatorial Guinea should press their host, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago, to undertake… Read more »
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Equatorial Guinea:
Opposition Leader Arbitrarily Arrested in Equatorial Guinea
IFEX, 10 December 2012
The most recent arbitrary detention of a leading opposition politician in Equatorial Guinea on December 4, 2012, raises concerns about human rights conditions in the lead-up to… Read more »
