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Two journalists convicted of defaming official; two others begin trial

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ANGOLA. New York, April 12, 2000 — On April 11, a Luanda court convicted two journalists of defaming a senior government official and gave them suspended sentences, sources in Angola told CPJ. Graca Campos, a news editor at the Luanda-based weekly Angolense, was sentenced to…

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Three journalists given suspended sentences

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ANGOLA New York, October 30, 2000 — The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today condemned the decision by the Supreme Court of Angola to impose harsh sentences on three journalists prosecuted for defaming government officials, including President José Eduardo Dos Santos.

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CPJ Delegation Criticizes Angola on Press Freedom: Urges government to “reconsider” draft press law

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ANGOLA Bill Threatens Press Freedom in Angola, (Sept. 13) Luanda, October 4, 2000 — In response to an increase in repressive measures against the Angolan media over the past two years, a six-member delegation of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today completed…

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Republic of Angola, Draft Press Law

[Unofficial Translation from Portuguese Original] LAW NO. ———/2000OF —————–/2000The pluralism of expression, as a consequence of the respect for democratic freedom and for freedom of the human being, requires, for its realization, a press law which should aim at guaranteeing press freedom, enshrined in Article 35 of the Constitutional Law.

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ANGOLAN BILL THREATENS PRESS FREEDOM Journalists face up to eight years in jail for criticizing the president

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ANGOLA New York, September 11, 2000— A draft Angolan press law poses a grave threat to press freedom in that country, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), which has conducted an analysis of the bill made public in July of this year by…

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Armed men threaten VOA office in Luanda

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ANGOLA New York, June 23, 2000 — Four armed men dressed in Angolan army uniforms attacked the Luanda office of the Voice of America (VOA) on the night of June 21, according to CPJ sources in Luanda. The intruders made two attempts to force their…

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Journalist threatened with eviction

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ANGOLA New York, June 16, 2000 — Journalist Isidoro Natalício was ordered to vacate his home by state authorities because he filed reports for the Voice of America (VOA), Radio Ecclesia and the Portuguese News Agency LUSA, according to CPJ’s sources in Angola’s Kwanza Norte…

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Angola: CPJ protests Marques trial convictions

Your Excellency: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is outraged by the prison sentences recently imposed on free-lance journalist Rafael Marques and on Aguiar dos Santos, publisher of the private weekly newspaper Agora.

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Spotlight on Press Tyrants: CPJ Names Ten Worst Enemies of the Press

On World Press Freedom Day ENEMIES OF THE PRESS 1999 ENEMIES OF THE PRESS 1998 ENEMIES OF THE PRESS 1997ENEMIES OF THE PRESS 1996

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Mussamo trial set for April 26

Click here to read more about press freedom conditions in ANGOLA. New York, April 19, 2000 — The trial of journalist Andre Domigos Mussamo, accused of “revealing state secrets” in an unpublished article based on a provincial governor’s unpublished letter, has been set for April 26, according to CPJ’s sources in Luanda.

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