Angola: Human Rights and Free Press Groups Call for Charges Against Angolan Journalist to Be Dropped

New York — Over 35 human rights and free press groups from across the globe, including Amnesty International USA, have written an open letter on behalf of Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais.

Marques is on trial for writing a book published in Portugal in 2011 which alleges serious human rights violations and abuses committed by army generals and companies in diamond fields in Angola generals and companies in diamond fields in Angola. The generals and companies accuse Mr. Marques of criminal defamation, punishable under current Angolan law by both a prison term and a monetary penalty. His trial begins March 24.

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