{"id":83381,"date":"2025-05-16T18:19:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/portuguese-journalists-union-condemns-expulsion-of-rtp-from-angolan-presidency"},"modified":"2025-05-16T18:43:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T18:43:25","slug":"portuguese-journalists-union-condemns-expulsion-of-rtp-from-angolan-presidency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/angola\/all-news\/portuguese-journalists-union-condemns-expulsion-of-rtp-from-angolan-presidency","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese Journalists&#8217; Union Condemns Expulsion of RTP from Angolan Presidency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. <\/strong><\/span><b>The Portuguese Journalists&#8217; Union (SJ) expressed its &#8220;deep repudiation&#8221; this Thursday at the expulsion of the RTP team assigned to cover an event at the headquarters of the Angolan Presidency, in Luanda.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the SJ considered this expulsion &#8220;an attack on Freedom of the Press, access to sources and the right to inform&#8221;, and stated that &#8220;these actions constitute unacceptable political interference and pressure on journalists who live and work in the country&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The union said it rejected &#8220;any type of interference by any political or other actors in the work of journalists anywhere in the world&#8221; and expressed confidence that RTP &#8220;will do everything in its power to defend its professionals&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to a protest note, signed by the Information Directors of RTP, RDP and the Director of RTP Africa, &#8220;despite being duly accredited and legitimately exercising their journalistic function, RTP professionals were removed from the press room, in a selective and discriminatory action that contrasts with the permanence of other journalists&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The editorial directors of the Portuguese public broadcaster consider that the attitude of the Angolan authorities &#8220;represents an attack on freedom of the press and a flagrant violation of the fundamental principles of journalism and democracy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;RTP was also excluded from the Whatsapp group of the Presidency Press Center &#8212; the official means of disseminating the institutional agenda of accredited media outlets&#8221;, in Angola, according to the protest note.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Angola<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Angola. 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