Português Zur deutschen Version Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais, who has braved decades of harassment and prosecution to expose corruption and human rights abuses in his native Angola, has been named the International Press Institute (IPI)’s 70th World Press Freedom Hero. IPI also announced the Philippine news website Rappler as the recipient of the 2018 […]

Der Journalist Rafael Marques de Morais aus Angola ist vom International Press Institute (Internationales Presse Institut, IPI) zum 70. World Press Freedom Hero ernannt worden. In seinem Heimatland berichtet er über Korruption und Menschenrechtsverletzungen und musste dafür über Jahrzehnte hinweg Schikane seitens der Regierung ertragen.

Read in English Zur deutschen Version O jornalista Rafael Marques de Morais, que tem enfrentado décadas de assédio e processos jurídicos ao revelar a corrupção e os abusos de direitos humanos na sua Angola natal, foi nomeado o 70º Herói Mundial da Liberdade de Imprensa do Instituto Internacional da Imprensa (IPI). O IPI também revelou […]

Angola must uphold journalist Rafael Marques’s right to a fair trial, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today after a court placed restrictions on Marques’s ability to defend himself against spurious criminal insult charges. Marques, who runs the anti-corruption news website Maka Angola, is accused together with fellow journalist Mariano Brás Lourenço of “outrage to […]