Now he is paying the price. Marques has been arrested several times for his work, most recently on October 16, 1999. In October, the Angolan Supreme Court upheld Marques's conviction. A profile by Siobhan Dowd. Two journalists who called the president of Angola a dictator were convicted of defamation and sentenced to prison.
Marques now faces between two and eight years in prison.
Angolan reporter Rafael Marques was interrogated after publishing this article criticizing the country s civil war.