jueves, marzo 03, 2011

Angolan journalist gets year in prison for defamation

Chicoca, right. (Armando Chicoca)
Chicoca, right. (Armando Chicoca)
New York, March 3, 2011--A court in Angola's southwestern province of Namibe sent a journalist to prison today without due process over his coverage of a sexual harassment scandal that implicated the province's top judicial official, according to local journalists and news reports.
Judge Manuel Araujo sentenced Armando José Chicoca, a freelancer who reports for U.S. government-funded broadcaster Voice of America (VOA) and private Angolan newspapers such as Folha 8Agora, and O Apostolado, to one year in prison and a fine of 200,000 kwanza (US$2,100), according to news reports.
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Angolan journalist gets year in prison for defamation

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