UNESCO: Cancel Dictator Prize
UNESCO should use this month's executive board meeting to cancel its prize named after and funded by Teodoro Obiang, the president of Equatorial Guinea, said Global Witness and partner groups today.
"President Obiang's record of gross human rights violations and large-scale corruption is antithetical to UNESCO's mission and values," said Tutu Alicante, executive director of the organization EG Justice. "This is money that should be benefiting the people of Equatorial Guinea, not endorsing a dictator who has trampled on their liberties and livelihoods."
