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– In Angola, two journalists charged over report on corruption (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News January 4, 2017

Marques de Morais told CPJ a prosecutor questioned him for three hours on December 27 before charging him with crimen injuria over an article he wrote and published in October. The article alleged wrongdoing by Angola's attorney general, João Maria de Sousa.
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