Several members of the U.S. Congress are calling on Angola to drop its prosecution of investigative journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, whom Angolan authorities have charged with insulting the state.
Marques was charged with "insult against public authority" and "outrage to a body of sovereignty" last month for publishing a 2016 article detailing an illegal real estate transaction made in 2011 by Angola's attorney general, João Maria Moreira de Sousa.
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