Filmmakers’ investigation shows how Angola’s regime attacks critics
Documentary It Is Forbidden to Talk in Angola tells the story of the 15 young adults who were accused of planning a rebellion against the government of José Eduardo Dos Santos for taking part in a...
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Angola: Nicki Minaj concert causes controversy
American rapper Nicki Minaj. Credit: Shutterstock / Tinseltown As far as reasons to lambast or draw controversy from the head of state in Angola go, you’d expect his taste in music to be some way down...
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Angola: Index condemns jailing of 17 activists for anti-government “rebellion”
Four of the Angolan activists in detention. Photograph: Pedrowski Teca Index is appalled at the sentencing of Angolan activists whose “crime” was taking part in a reading group discussing ideas of...
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Protests mark a year since #Angola17 arrests
Demonstrations are being held in Brussels, Luanda, Pretoria and Paris to mark one year since the arrest of an Angolan book club’s members. 20 June has been named Liberation Day in solidarity with the...
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Banned Books Week: What are the censors so afraid of?
Credit: Kennedy Library Monday marked the beginning of Banned Books Week. To celebrate the freedom to read, Index on Censorship staff explore some of their favourite, and some of the most important,...
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Global heroes battling censorship announced in Index Freedom of Expression...
Judges include actor Noma Dumezweni; former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown Sixteen courageous individuals and organisations who fight for freedom of expression in every part of the world A Zimbabwean...
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#IndexAwards2017: Luaty Beirão singing against the Angolan regime
Angolan rapper Luaty Beirão, also known by his stage name Ikonoklasta, has been instrumental in showing the world the hidden face of the country’s president José Eduardo dos Santos, who has ruled...
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Charges against Angolan journalist Rafael Marques de Morais must be dropped
Journalist and human rights activist Rafael Marques de Morais received a Freedom of Expression Journalism Award in 2015. (Photo: Alex Brenner for Index on Censorship) The Angolan government should...
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Angola: Index welcomes acquittal of Rafael Marques de Morais
Index on Censorship welcomes the decision on 6 July to acquit Angolan journalist and winner of the 2015 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Award for Journalism, Rafael Marques de Morais, along...
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Index on Censorship condemns lawsuit against journalist and author Oliver...
Index on Censorship is extremely concerned at the lawsuit that has been filed against author and journalist Oliver Bullough (right). Bullough is being sued in Portugal by the vice president of Angola...
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