SECTOR 1 1.6 Entry into and practice of the journalistic profession is legally unrestricted. Section 21 of the Press Law stipulates in its paragraph 1 that “the exercise of the journalistic profession is regulated by a statute as well as a Code of Ethics”. Paragraph 2 of this very section states that the same statute defines, among other aspects, who is a journalist, rights and obligations there are and what are the conditions of issuing, renewal, suspension and cancellation of the Journalist’s ’permission to work’. Paragraph 3 of section 21 of the Press Law states that “the statute of journalists is adopted by the professional journalist associations at an assembly expressly convened for this specific purpose by the National Media Council”. Paragraph 6 of this same section declares that, “the Journalist’s ‘Permission to work’ is issued by the Ethics Committee, which is comprised of journalists and which, from an administrative point of view, falls under the National Media Council”. Scores: Individual scores: 1 Country does not meet indicator 2 Country meets only a few aspects of indicator 3 Country meets some aspects of indicator 4 Country meets most aspects of indicator 5 Country meets all aspects of the indicator Average score: 4.2 1.7 Confidential sources of information protected by law and/or the courts. are Section 20, paragraph 1 of the Press Law states that “journalists are not obliged to reveal their sources of information…”. However, paragraph 3 says that “the right to confidentiality of an information source does not preclude civil or criminal responsibility or the burden of proof ”. According to this law a court may not ask the journalist to reveal their information sources, but may compel the journalist to provide proof about the complainant. 84 AFRICAN MEDIA BAROMETER ANGOLA 2010