IPI urges fair trial for Angolan journalists
(World News Austria)

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 a sovereign body` and `insult against a public authority` over a 2016 article scrutinizing a real-estate transaction involving Angola`s then-attorney general, João Maria de Sousa. He faces up to four years in prison if convicted. On Monday, a judge ordered that proceedings in the case be moved to the offices of the...