An Angolan journalist was given a six-month suspended sentence on June 4 after he was convicted of slander for accusing generals of human rights abuses at diamond mines, concluding a high-profile trial in one of Africa's most repressive states.
Rafael Marques de Morais' 2012 book Blood Diamonds: Corruption And Torture In Angola detailed more than 100 alleged killings and torture of civilians and workers at diamond mines owned by senior army officers.
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