RSF requests information on results of inquests into journalists’ murders
**For background, see IFEX alerts of 28 November 1996 (Casimiro) and 19 January 1995 (de Mello)** (RSF/IFEX) – Below is the complete text of a letter sent by RSF to the President of Angola expressing concern at the lack of progress in the investigations of the murders of two journalists in 1995 and 1996. The […]
UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi and FNLA’s Holden Roberto both speak out for media freedom
MISA’s Angola representative reports that Jonas Savimbi, leader of the UNITA rebel movement, and Holden Roberto, who heads the opposition FNLA, have both spoken on the need for media freedom in their country. Speaking on the rebel movement Radio Vorgan on 15 March 1995 in a speech delivered to mark the 29th anniversary of the […]
“Imparcial Fax” Director, Ricardo De Mello, murdered
Ricardo De Mello, Director of the privately-owned newsletter “Imparcial Fax”, has been gunned down by an unidentified assassin outside his home. De Mello, 38, was shot in the early hours of 18 January on the stairs leading to his apartment in the capital Luanda. His body was discovered at about 06:00 by a child who […]