Angola

World Habitat Day: Governments in Africa must end forced evictions - 5 October 2009

Governments in Africa must end the practice of forced evictions that leave hundreds of thousands homeless every year, Amnesty International said on World Habitat Day, 5 October.
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There were fewer reports of forced evictions and the government started to build social housing. Human rights violations by the police declined.

Angola: Pope should use influence to end threat of forced evictions - 20 March 2009

Amnesty International today urged Pope Benedict XVI to use his influence with the Angolan authorities to end the threat of forced evictions and fully compensate those

Pope urged to address Church-linked forced evictions in Angola - 20 March 2009

From 2003 to 2006, the Angolan authorities forcibly evicted thousands of people in the Angolan capital of Luanda from land belonging to the Catholic Church.

Angola bad choice to host World Habitat Day - 6 October 2008

The choice of the Angolan capital Luanda to lead the global observance of this year's World Habitat Day provoked controversy among housing and human rights organizat

Human rights violations in cities around the world - 6 October 2008

As World Habitat Day focuses on the state of the housing rights situation across the globe, here are case studies from cities in Cambodia, Brazil, Italy, Israel and An

Above the law - police brutality in Angola - 12 September 2007

Police in Angola are responsible for persistent human rights violations, with few perpetrators ever brought to justice.
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