Angola

(MISA/IFEX) – Angolan journalist Isidoro Natalício, who is based in Ndalatando, capital city of Kwanza-Norte, may face an orchestrated demonstration of war veterans in front of his house within the next twenty-four hours. At the same time, the governor of the province, Manuel Pedro Pacavira, has issued a veiled threat against the journalist, saying he […]

(MISA/CJFE/IFEX) – MISA and CJFE wish to express their shock and dismay at the news that the convictions of three Angolan journalists have been upheld by the Angolan Supreme Court. The two free expression organisations call upon other like-minded NGOs and media organisations to join them in appealing to Angolan authorities to stop persecuting the […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 30 October 2000 CPJ press release: ANGOLA: THREE JOURNALISTS GIVEN SUSPENDED SENTENCES 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 […]

(MISA/IFEX) – On 27 October 2000, the Angolan Supreme Court ruled on the appeal of journalists Rafael Marques, Aguiar Dos Santos and Gustavo Costa. Marques and Dos Santos had been convicted of defaming the president, while Costa was convicted of defaming Jose Leitao, the chief of the president’s civil office. Marques’ conviction of six months […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: CPJ Delegation Criticizes Angola on Press Freedom Urges Government To “Reconsider” Draft Press Law 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 […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 11 September 2000 CPJ press release: ANGOLA: NEW LAW THREATENS PRESS FREEDOM Journalists face up to eight years in jail for criticizing the president New York, September 11, 2000 — A draft Angolan press law poses a grave threat to press freedom in that country, according to the Committee […]

(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Minister of Justice Paolo Tjipilica, RSF asked him to intervene with the authorities concerned so that Rafael Marques, an independent journalist, be authorised to travel abroad where he is to receive a prize awarded by a professional journalists organization. After noting that this is the third time the journalist […]

(MISA/IFEX) – Journalist Isaías Soares, based in Malanje, continues to face harassment from official circles. On 7 August 2000, the provincial delegate of Social Communication (SC) in Malanje, André Antonio da Costa, summoned Soares to his office and demanded that the journalist bring all his archives and documents relating to his work as a journalist. […]

(MISA/IFEX) – According to information received from Angola, journalist Isaias Soares, a stringer for Voice of America (VoA) and the independent Radio Ecclesia, is being banned from covering official events or reporting on military issues in the northern province of Malanje. The ban has apparently been in place since 1997 and, according to Soares, the […]

(MISA/IFEX) – The Voice of America (VOA) office in Luanda reports that on Wednesday 19 July 2000, two people, including one individual in police uniform, broke into journalist Joao de Almeida Domingos’ car. Domingos is a VOA journalist. The perpetrators broke the windscreen of Domingos’ car with a rock and removed a number of personal […]

(MISA/IFEX) – On 24 June 2000, in the evening, four armed men kidnapped the editor-in-chief of Radio Ecclesia, Jose Paulo. Paulo was snatched in Luanda’s city centre and driven out of the city limits. However, the kidnappers’ car got stuck in a bush track, enabling Paulo to escape while being shot at. Radio Ecclesia has […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 23 June 2000 CPJ press release: ANGOLA: Armed men threaten VOA office in Luanda 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 […]

**Correction to IFEX alert of 16 June 2000** (MISA/IFEX) – The following is a MISA correction to alert: In MISA’s Angola action alert dated 16 June 2000, the name of the governor of Kwanza-Norte was incorrectly stated. His name is Manuel Pedro Pacavira (it was incorrectly stated to be Cacadira). MISA apologises for the incovenience.

(MISA/IFEX) – Journalist Isidoro Natalicio, based in the Kwanza-Norte provincial capital, Ndalatando, is to be evicted from his home on 20 June 2000 because he reports for the Voice of America, Angola’s Catholic radio station Radio Ecclesia, and the Portuguese news agency, LUSA. Natalicio is also the official correspondent for the state-owned daily “Jornal de […]

(CJFE/IFEX) – CJFE is calling on international organisations and supporters to join the protest against the Angolan authorities’ refusal to allow journalist Rafael Marques to attend the IFEX Annual Meeting in New York in May. CJFE believes this is part of a pattern of harassment against Marques and other Angolan journalists and that international pressure […]

(MISA/IFEX) – Journalist Domingos Mussamo has been found not guilty of “violating state secrets”. The journalist had been charged following an unpublished article that made reference to a letter from the provincial governor to President Eduardo Dos Santos. However, the local governor’s press secretary, Augustinho Mateus Augusto, was found guilty of the crime and received […]