Shetty said Amnesty was keeping a close eye on Angola, specifically in respect of pressure being applied on journalists. He added that the organisation’s new office in Johannesburg was monitoring the situation. December 27 Rafael Marques de Morais, who runs the anti-corruption website Maka Angola, and Mariano Brás, of the weekly, O Crime, were charged with “crimen injuria,” which is similar to insult laws, the journalists told CPJ. Marques de Morais told CPJ that a prosecutor questioned him for three hours on December 27 before charging him with crimen injuria over an article he wrote and published on Maka Angola in October. The article alleged wrongdoing by Angola’s attorney general, João Maria de Sousa, in his purchase of state-owned land. A summons was issued for him to present himself at the Interior Ministry’s Criminal Investigation Services for interrogation about an alleged “insult” against the country’s Attorney General. The “insult”, an alleged slander, related to the publication of evidence showing that business dealings by General João Maria Moreira de Sousa, Angola’s Attorney General, were contravening both the constitution and the law. Brás, who republished the article in his paper, told CPJ he was questioned for three hours the following day, before being charged with the same crime. Brás said he was questioned about the veracity of the report in his paper and for details about who owned the publication. 18 July On a more upbeat note, Teresa Fuquiadi of Jornal Nova Gazeta was a finalist in the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist Awards, which saw a record number of applicants, 1637, from 38 countries.