IPI welcomes acquittal of Angolan journalists
(World News Austria)

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...