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| Title | Angola: Whether the newspaper "Folha 8" was closed down in May 1999 by the authorities and if so, the reason and length of time it was closed |
| Publisher | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Country | Angola |
| Publication Date | 8 January 2001 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | AGO36199.E |
| Reference | 2 |
| Cite as | Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Angola: Whether the newspaper "Folha 8" was closed down in May 1999 by the authorities and if so, the reason and length of time it was closed, 8 January 2001, AGO36199.E, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/docid/3df4bdf738.html [accessed 29 May 2012] |
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Angola: Whether the newspaper "Folha 8" was closed down in May 1999 by the authorities and if so, the reason and length of time it was closed
A journalist with Folha 8, an independent bi-weekly newspaper in Luanda, stated on 8 January 2001 that the newspaper has never been closed down by the authorities even in 1999 when the police prohibited it and two other Angolan newspapers, Agora and Actual, from printing articles on the oil industry and corruption in Angola, nor when a journalist from Folha 8 was incarcerated on 3 September 1999 after reporting on police intervention at Radio Ecclesia after it had broadcasted an interview with UNITA leader Jonas Sanvimbi.
Additional and/or corroborating information could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Folha 8, Luanda, Angola. 8 January 2001. Correspondence sent by a journalist.
Additional Sources Consulted
IRB Databases.
LEXIS/NEXIS
World News Connection (WNC)
Internet Sites, including:
Amnesty International
Angola Peace Monitor [London]. January 2000-December 2000
Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)
Daily Mail & Guardian [Johannesburg]. Search Engine.
Digital Freedom Network
Human Rights Watch
International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX)
Reporters sans frontières (RSF)
UK Immigration and Nationality Directorate
United Nations
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