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Media Reform – 2007

Several journalists were detained, beaten, or charged with crimes in 2007. In December, one local journalist, Arnando Chicoca, with Radio Ecclesia was warned by police not to report on public protests against the demolition of informal marketplaces in the area by police. Chicoca reported on the protests anyway and was arrested and convicted under Article 186 “disobeying a police officer.” Later in the year, a more prominent journalist was convicted of libel and sent to prison.¹

1. “Attacks on the Press 2007: Angola,” Committee to Protect Journalists, accessed March 3, 2013.