New York — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns the June 20 indictment of award-winning investigative journalist and human rights advocate Rafael Marques de Morais by Angola's Office of the Attorney General.
The indictment came after Marques published an article in which he revealed and documented an illegal real estate transaction made in 2011 by Angola's Attorney General, João Maria Moreira de Sousa. Marques has been charged with "outrage to a body of sovereignty" under the Law on Crimes Against State Security and "insult against public authority" under the penal code. The journalist Mariano Brás Lourenço is facing the same charges for having republished the article in a weekly newspaper. If convicted on both charges, the journalists could face up to six years in prison.
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