Human Rights Violations – Angola, Africa
When i read the article on Angola from the website provided to us, I saw only a few human rights violations mentioned in the text, so i thought i would research further to see in fact how many more i could find. I came across a list naming many of the Human rights abuse such as: the abridgment of citizens’ right to elect officials at all levels; unlawful killings by police, military, and private security forces; torture, beatings, and harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; corruption and impunity; arbitrary arrest and detention; an inefficient and overburdened judicial system; lengthy pretrial detention; lack of due process; restrictions on freedom of speech, the press, including self-censorship, and assembly; forced evictions without compensation; and discrimination and domestic violence and abuse against women and children. Then to find they were also trying to place bans against Human rights groups ( people defending human rights), and civil society in Angola and internationally had to call on their government, the EU and other international bodies to protect these human rights defenders in the country. Now although all of these violations of Human rights are horrible, the two that really struck me were, “forced evictions without compensation, and discrimination and domestic violence and abuse against women and children“. The government should notice this is wrong and support these people who group up to become the Human rights defenders, it may be a good place to start so in the future the people of Angola can have a peaceful life.
I can see how an issue such as that can so easily become a problem for everyone involved. It’s horrible that some people feel it morally just that these things are happening and that people are being treated in such a malicious manner. I don’t think I could ever find the up-side or beneficial reasons as to invoke such laws that clearly violate so many human rights. It’s astounding.
You can understand the plight of many of Angola’s citizens (think about Antonio). How much chance do they have of breaking the poverty cycle in this circumstances?
MC
That is very true, i wish they would get more people aware of these things happening , so we could all do something to make a difference. Too bad its not that easy though, and too bad its happening in so many places, it just sickens me.