Serendipity 7,821 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Nicki Minaj is under pressure to cancel her upcoming gig in Angola, amid criticism from human rights groups who oppose her decision to perform at an event connected to the president’s family. The Grammy-nominated rapper is set to perform on Saturday at a Christmas festival sponsored by Unitel, a communications company controlled by President José Eduardo dos Santos’ family. Dos Santos has led Angola for 36 years, despite having never been formally elected. He stands accused of abusing the country’s oil wealth to enrich himself, his family and a narrow elite while failing to deliver housing, education and jobs to the majority. Seventeen Angolan activists were detained in June for organizing a reading of American academic Gene Sharp’s book From Dictatorship to Democracy: A Conceptual Framework for Liberation. One of those detained is Luaty Beirão, a rapper. In a further blow to freedom of expression, prominent Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais was given a six-month suspended jail term this year for “defaming” the army in a book that revealed killings in the country’s diamond fields. HRF outlined this and other alleged human rights abuses in a letter to Minaj via her representative Brian Sher at Category 5 Entertainment. “Considering the information above – and with great appreciation for your work as an artist – HRF believes that your participation in a performance sponsored by a thuggish kleptocratic dynasty involved in gross human rights violations would be improper,” Halvorssen said. “Furthermore, it would be disastrous for a public figure of your standing who has articulated a commitment to education and social justice.” Her scheduled performance at Show Unitel Boas Festas, in Angola’s capital, Luanda, was also criticized by the Robert F Kennedy Human Rights group. The group’s Africa policy director, Jeffrey Smith, told the New York Daily News that Minaj was “callously taking money from a dictator who’s been in power for nearly four decades and who has effectively and ruthlessly choked free expression, setting a horrible precedent not only for Angola, but for the entire region”. The Guardian See talent here-->http://bit.ly/2eqeUxK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobster 14,604 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Only (lyric video) teas But I'm only a man and I do what I can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serendipity 7,821 Posted December 16, 2015 Author Share Posted December 16, 2015 See talent here-->http://bit.ly/2eqeUxK Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riot Poof 2,236 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Is Onika's downfall imminent? I'm not a woman. I'm not a man. I am something that you'll never understand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JusKeepBreathin 19,311 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Everyone is hating her these days. "Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." -Martin Luther King Jr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsTommyBitch 12,640 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 The hell Onika? I usually rush to her defence, but what is this? 私自身もこの世の中も誰もかれもが, どんなに華やかな人生でも, どんなに悲惨な人生でも, いつかは変貌し, 破壊され、消滅してしまう. すべてがもともとこの世に存在しない一瞬の幻想なのだから Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luc 4,775 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 The best would be to go perform and use the money to fight poverty or sponsor opposition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katharine Hepburn 4,607 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 Media is dragging her lately xoxo Joanne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yanko 9,860 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 hope she cancels it onika youll get your checks elsewhere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staryu 6,162 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Come on Nicki, it's not worth it cancel this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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