Something is rotten in Luanda, Angola, where a court is scheduled to try investigative journalist Rafael Marques de Moraes next week on charges of criminal libel. The problem: the charges were brought ...
As Angola hosts the 7th African Union-European Union Summit, one of the flagship projects presented as proof of renewed ...
Internationally renowned journalist Rafael Marques de Morais and Mariano Bras Lourenco are charged by Angola with crimes against the state. This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 23 ...
In a surprise development, the defamation charges against journalist Rafael Marques de Morais were dropped Thursday by the Angolan military generals who had brought them. Marques had been charged with ...
AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION, MS FAITH PANSY TLAKULA AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS SPECIAL ...
On May 28 Rafael Marques de Morais, a courageous investigative journalist and anti-corruption activist from Angola, was convicted and given a six-month suspended jail sentence following a trial for ...
Marques is to go on trial on 24 March 2015 on charges of defamation relating to his book, “Blood Diamonds: Corruption and Torture in Angola.” The book describes how Angolan military officials and ...
On August 2, 2013, a number of civil society organisations, addressed a letter of allegations to the ACHPR and the UN Special Procedures on Human Rights Defenders and Freedom of Expression concerning ...
A court in Luanda has acquitted journalist Rafael Marques and editor Mariano Brás of charges of insulting the Angolan state in what many considered a milestone for the country's press freedom. Marques ...
Angolan journalist Rafael Marques is once again being brought to court for his investigative work. This time, Marques is facing charges of “insulting public authorities” after having published an ...
(Johannesburg) – Angolan prosecutors should drop charges against two journalists accused of insulting the state and allow them to do their jobs without interference, Human Rights Watch said today.
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