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Angola: Spotlight

The latest press coverage on corruption, human rights abuses, violations of freedom of the press and socio-economic exclusion in Angola:

CJP: Investigative journalist under threat again in Angola

June 6, 2013: The Angolan government has brought criminal charges against journalist Rafael Marques de Morais for his book, Blood Diamonds: Corruption and Torture in Angola, published in Portugal in 2011, that documented allegations of homicides, torture, forced displacement of civilian settlements, and intimidation of inhabitants of the diamond-mining areas of the country's Lundas region.

Reuters: Angola's Dos Santos says risk of upheaval nil despite poverty

June 7, 2013: Angola's long-serving president, Jose Eduardo dos Santos, on Thursday dismissed recent anti-government youth protests, saying the risk of social upheaval in the oil-producing country is inexistent despite a large rich-poor wealth gap.

In a rare televised interview on Thursday, Dos Santos said attempts to organize large demonstrations after the 2011 Arab Spring failed and Angola has only seen small protests attended by fewer than 300 people, mainly in the capital, Luanda.

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