Full Coverage: Equatorial Guinea

02/01/2006 E' oggi a Roma per un incontro con imprenditori italiani il Presidente della Guinea Equatoriale Teodoro Obiang Nguema, accompagnato da quattro Ministri. Scopo dell’iniziativa è di avviare con l’Italia un rapporto privilegiato, aprendo il Paese agli investimenti dell’imprenditoria italiana. L’evento è organizzato dal Rappresentante Personale del Presidente del Consiglio per l’Africa, On. Alberto Michelini, ma “è evidente che l’obiettivo primario di quest’incontro è l’apertura del mercato del petrolio “alternativo” a quello arabo che ha contribuito a rendere questo Paese ambìto dalle multinazionali e dalle diplomazie estere. Poco conta che Nguema Obiang ha fatto di questo paese dell’Africa occidentale una società chiusa e repressiva, dove l’opposizione politica viene imprigionata e torturata" - afferma Francesco Martone, segretario della Commissione Diritti Umani del Senato.

08/26/2004 The Scorpions, an elite police squad, knocked on Sir Mark Thatcher’s door at 7am to arrest him for allegedly backing a coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.

07/06/2004 The government of Equatorial Guinea, the rags-to-riches West African petro-state where major U.S. oil companies have invested billions of dollars in recent years, has violently put down the latest coup plot against it, summarily executing at least a dozen alleged rebels and rounding up and torturing relatives and associates of an opposition party accused of sponsoring the coup attempt.

03/03/2004 The United Nations Development Programme and Equatorial Guinea have launched a scheme to train enough teachers so that every child in the African country can finish primary school by 2010.

07/15/2003 La Plataforma per la Democratització de Guinea Equatorial, formada per ONG, sindicats i partits polítics, ha enviat una carta al Govern espanyol per exigir que s'investigui la mort de la cooperant espanyola recentment tirotejada per un militar guineà. La Plataforma també demana un canvi de la política espanyola cap a aquest país després que l'Executiu espanyol hagi firmat aquests dies acords comercials i de condonació del deute sense exigir al president Obiang Nguema compromisos a favor dels drets humans. Segons les entitats, aquest suport només beneficia el Govern guineà i "no afavoreix la democràcia ni el desenvolupament del país".

07/15/2003 La Plataforma por la democratización de Guinea Ecuatorial, que agrupa ONG, sindicatos y partidos políticos, ha enviado una carta al Gobierno español para exigir que se investigue la muerte de la cooperante española recientemente tiroteada por un militar guineano. La Plataforma también pide un cambio de la política española hacia este país, después de que el Ejecutivo español haya firmado estos días acuerdos comerciales y de condonación de la deuda sin exigir al presidente Obiang Nguema compromisos a favor de los derechos humanos. Según las entidades, este apoyo sólo beneficia al Gobierno guineano y "no favorece la democracia ni el desarrollo" del país.

07/12/2002 The death of an opposition political activist who had been sentenced to over six years in jail for allegedly plotting to overthrow Equatorial Guinea's government has caused an international outcry.

04/22/2002 Last week's meeting of the United nations Commission on Human Rights in Geneva ignored severe human rights violations in including Russia, Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea, said a leading international rights watchdog.

04/22/2002 The world's highest human rights body last week chose to ignore severe human rights violations in several countries on its agenda, including Russia, Zimbabwe and Equatorial Guinea, according to a leading international rights group.

03/29/2002 Several dozen detainees, apparently rounded up in connection with their political activities or family ties, are at risk of dying under torture in Equatorial Guinea, where offshore oil reserves are attracting unprecedented amounts of United States and energy company interest, according to Amnesty International.

03/28/2002 Detainees held incommunicado in Equatorial Guinea for their alleged links with a not yet legalised opposition party are at risk of dying under torture, Amnesty International warned.

06/26/2000 At least five people in Equatorial Guinea have been arrested over the last year for possessing literature considered "dubious" by judicial authorities.

03/20/2000 The health of 50 ailing prisoners from Equatorial Guinea's ethnic Bubi minority is at risk following their transfer from a jail in the country's capital to an unknown destination.

11/02/1999 Short term detention, torture and physical threats are routinely used to intimidate peaceful political opponents of Equatorial Guinea's government, says Amnesty International.

02/19/1999 More than 10 candidates from opposition parties in Equatorial Guinea have been arrested in the run-up to legislative elections scheduled for the beginning of March.