06/07/2018
IPI welcomes acquittal of Angolan journalists
The International Press Institute (IPI) today a welcomed a court decision in Angola acquitting journalists Rafael Marques de Morais and Mariano Brás Lourenço on charges of insulting the country's former attorney general. The ruling came just weeks after Marques was officially recognized as IPI's 2018 World Press Freedom Hero during a ceremony at the 2018 IPI World Congress in Abuja, Nigeria. The two journalists faced up to four years in prison over an article scrutinizing a real-estate transaction involving...
