Angola Prison
United Kingdom
The armed forces have a procedure to handle complaints of harassment, racial and otherwise. Service personnel also have the right to submit complaints to employment tribunals. In 1998 the services entered into a 5-year partnership agreement with the Commission on Racial Equality (CRE) to promote racial equality practices. On September 16, the Crown Prosecution Service entered into a partnership with the CRE designed to assist in its continued progress towards the elimination of racial discrimination.The Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland, who has an independent staff, has extensive powers to investigate complaints in Northern Ireland filed against the police or referred by the PSNI chief constable, the Police Authority of Northern Ireland, or the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. The Ombudsman is required to investigate cases involving death or serious injury where there may have been police involvement and may investigate all other cases ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: White House Report, May 12: Berg Murder, Prisoner Treatment, Panama
Commenting on the current investigation into prisoner abuses in Iraq, the spokesman said, "It is important that we are committed to getting to the bottom of what occurred at Abu Ghraib [prison] and we are taking steps to prevent these acts from happening again." ... White House Report, May 12: Berg Murder, Prisoner Treatment, Panama ... U.S. IN COMPLIANCE WITH GENEVA ACCORDS ON PRISONERS ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Transcript: White House Daily Briefing, May 12
(Panama/ship-boarding initiative, murder of Nicholas Berg, prisoner abuse/photos, 9/11 Commission/interview of al Qaeda prisoners, General Miller/Guantanamo Bay interrogations, Geneva Convention/prisoner status, Americans going to Iraq, Iraq/June 30 transfer of power, Arab world response to Berg death/prison abuse, trade deficit, Bush/President of Angola meeting) (4320) ... MR. McCLELLAN: No, I don't know -- I mean, there are some that are prisoners; there are other people, obviously, that have come into that country, as well, so there are other detainees that are there, as well. But in terms of the prisoners, yes, our -- we are bound by the Geneva Conventions. And in Iraq, we are bound by the Geneva Conventions. ... [Read More]
U.S. Department of State - Washington Hyper File
(Panama/ship-boarding initiative, murder of Nicholas Berg, prisoner abuse/photos, 9/11 Commission/interview of al Qaeda prisoners, General Miller/Guantanamo Bay interrogations, Geneva Convention/prisoner status, Americans going to Iraq, Iraq/June 30 transfer of power, Arab world response to Berg death/prison abuse, trade deficit, Bush/President of Angola meeting) (4320) ... 303 White House Report, May 12: Berg Murder, Prisoner Treatment, Panama ... [Read More]
U.S. Department of State - Washington Hyper File
105 Transcript: U.S. Commander Says Iraqi Prison Investigations Just Beginning ... 103 White House Report: Iraqi Prisoner Abuse, E.U./NATO Summit, Italy ... (President's call to Panamanian President, Bush/upcoming schedule, Iraq/prisoner abuse, Rumsfeld/Iraq, Syria) (6170) ... [Read More]
"It's Academic" Special Edition
Twenty-seven years in prison did not embitter what man who became President of South Africa in 1994? ... [Read More]
Angola
Prison officials routinely beat detainees. Prisoners depend on families, friends, or international relief organizations for basic support, including food; prisons often do not provide any food to prisoners. Prison officials, who are chronically unpaid, support themselves by stealing from their prisoners and extorting money from family members. For example, prison guards frequently demanded that prisoners pay for weekend passes that they are entitled to receive. Juveniles, often incarcerated for petty theft, are housed with adults and suffer abuse by guards and inmates. Female prisoners are held separately from male prisoners. There were reports that prison guards sexually abused female prisoners. Detained journalists also were housed with other prisoners. Political prisoners and pretrial detainees are held with the general prison population; it was unknown how many such prisoners were held during the year (see Sections 1.d. and 1.e.). ... [Read More]
V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
The Peoples’ Republic of China is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. A significant number of Chinese women and children are trafficked internally for forced marriage and forced labor. Chinese women are at times lured abroad with false promises of legitimate employment and then trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation to destinations throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, and North America, while Chinese men have been trafficked for forced labor to Europe, South America, and the Middle East. A large number of Chinese men and women are smuggled abroad at enormous personal financial cost and, upon arrival in the destination country, are subjected to commercial sexual exploitation or other forms of exploitative labor to repay their debts. They often face exploitative conditions that meet t ... [Read More]
Angola
Prison conditions were harsh and life-threatening. During the year, human rights activists reported that prison officials routinely beat and tortured detainees. The national prison system continued to hold approximately five times the number of prisoners for which it was designed. Overcrowding in Luanda prisons diminished after the completion in November of the rehabilitation and expansion of the Viana prison; however, local human rights organizations reported that conditions were considerably worse outside the Luanda prison system. In Bengo, Malange, and Lunda Norte Provinces, warehouses were used as prison facilities during the year. In Huila Province, the provincial penitentiary held 350 prisoners in a facility designed for 150. ... [Read More]
Information for American Citizens
Please click on any of the below links to read more information about consular services available in Angola. The Department of State website is also a good source for additional information about many services for American citizens abroad: passports finding medical assistanceassistance getting funds abroad contacting overseas relatives in an emergencyprison visits and finding legal guidance assistance after the death of an American citizen abroad notarials other consular services ... [Read More]
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