Still Not Fully Protected

Rights to Freedom of Expression and Information under Angola’s New Press Law

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• I. Summary

• II. Recommendations

• To the Government of Angola

• To Angolan Journalists’ Associations

• To the United Nation Human Rights Committee

• To the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

• III. International and Regional Standards

• IV. The Context for Freedom of the Press in Angola

• V. Analyzing the Press Law

• Criminal responsibility for certain conduct

• 1. Definition of crimes

• 2. Penalties

• Limitations to the exercise of freedom of press

• Licensing procedures for private TV and radio broadcasting

• The need for implementing laws and regulations

• 1. Public Broadcasting Service

• 2. National Council for Media Communication

• 3. The regulation of journalism: the Journalists’ Statute, the Journalists’ Code of Conduct, and the Commission on the Press Card and Ethics

• 4. Broadcasting licenses

• 5. The use of national languages and the establishment of community radios 

• VI. Conclusion

• Acknowledgments

November 2006 Volume 18, No. 11(A)