Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Former Angolan President Dos Santos Dies

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par Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Angola President José Eduardo dos Santos visiting Lusaka, Zambia on April 12, 2008. © 2008 AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File After years of prolonged illness, the former president of Angola, José Eduardo Dos Santos, died on Friday in Barcelona, Spain at age 79. A controversial figure, Dos Santos will be missed by many Angolans who praised him as the architect of the peace negotiations that ended the country’s 27-year civil war in 2002. But to victims of human rights abuses during his 38-year rule, Dos Santos was a ruthless leader who did not hesitate to use law enforcement…

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