There are a million examples of human rights abuses around the world. This one involves the Catholic church in Angola where thousands of families are being forced from their homes for the land to be wasted, for all things, a sanctuary, which is sickeningly ironic considering the destruction of the sanctity of real homes to build a sanctuary for some compassionless religious nuts and a god who cannot even be demonstrated to exist. This is so incredible to me that I think I must be misunderstanding something about the story.
Angola: Catholic Church involved in forced evictions
Press Release
January 15, 2007
Amnesty International today released a report revealing the scale and extent of forced evictions in Angola, and expressing particular concern at forced evictions carried out by Angolan authorities, apparently at the request of the Catholic Church in Angola.
The organization said that nearly all of the forced evictions were accompanied by excessive use of force, which sometimes involved police beatings of children and women -- including one pregnant woman -- and indiscriminate shooting at residents attempting to protect their homes.
Full release ...
"Angola is a country in south-central Africa bordering Namibia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Zambia, and with a west coast along the Atlantic Ocean. The exclave province Cabinda has a border with Republic of the Congo. A former Portuguese colony, it has considerable natural resources, among which oil and diamonds are the most significant. The country is nominally a democracy and is formally named the 'Republic of Angola.'" Wikipedia
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