October 26

• Liberia: Nation's Radio Station Shut Down [press release]

  Radio Veritas, a Catholic-run radio station in Liberia, has been shut down. The radio station was shut down after Archbishop Jerome Ziegler told a news conference that the station... Read more »

October 18

• Liberia: Liberian Journalist Arrested for Photographing Police Director

  Journalist George Borteh, the Acting Vice President of the Judicial Reporters Association of Liberia (JURAL) and a reporter for The New Republic newspaper was, on 12 October, 2012,... Read more »

September 19

• Liberia: Liberian National Football Team Coach Calls Press the 'Enemy' [press release]

  The head coach of the Liberian national football team, Kaetu Smith, has been quoted as saying that the press is his enemy. Read more »

June 25

• Liberia: Cemesp Publishes FOI Post-Electoral Research Report [press release]

  One finding that has emerged from the Center for Media Studies and Peacebuilding (CEMESP) research publication FOI in Post Conflict Electoral Environment in Liberia is that... Read more »

June 6

• Liberia: CEMESP Releases 2011 Freedom of Expression Report [press release]

  The Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP) has launched its 2011 annual Report and Account of Attacks on Free Expression in Liberia with a challenge to continue its... Read more »

May 22

• Liberia: Reporter Suspended From University for Reporting On Campus Conflicts [press release]

  Front Page Africa Reporter Selma Lomax has been suspended from his academic work at Cuttington University in Suakoko, Bong County for writing a series of articles that the... Read more »

April 23

• Liberia: Reporter Attacked, Threatened By Legislator and Staff [press release]

  Journalist Malcolm Scott of Love FM Radio in Monrovia was on April 19, 2012 attacked by Montserrado County Representative Solomon George for what the lawmaker described as... Read more »

April 2

• Liberia: Two Journalists Arrested on Mayor's Orders [press release]

  Two journalists, reporter Charles Yates of the Inquirer newspaper and Francis Nah of the US-based Liberia Times.com, have been the victims of Police acting on instructions of... Read more »

March 31

• Liberia: President's Son Threatens Libel Suit Against Newspaper

  The son of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, who is also Chairman of the Board of the Directors of the National Oil Company of Liberia, has threatened to file a libel suit against... Read more »

March 16

• Liberia: Journalist Who Wrote About Genital Mutilation Forced Into Hiding [press release]

  A woman journalist who reported on the practice of female genital mutilation in Liberia has gone into hiding after receiving death threats, reports the Committee to Protect... Read more »

February 29

• Liberia: Three Newspaper Publishers Ordered to Appear in Court [press release]

  Frontpage Africa, Daily Graphics and The News - are, by a writ of summons issued by the Supreme Court, ordered to appear in court on Wednesday February 29th with explanations as to... Read more »

February 16

• Liberia: Police Officer Brutalises 'New Dawn' Reporter [press release]

  New Dawn newspaper reporter Edwin Genoway has revealed that police officer Edward Kollie brutalized him on Sunday February 12th 2012. The incident happened at ELWA Junction when... Read more »

January 18

• Liberia: 'National Chronicle' Editor Faces Criminal Complaint [press release]

  For failing to secure a bail bond, the editor of the "National Chronicle", Edward Mortee, has been released after spending a couple hours in jail. Read more »

December 21, 2011

• Liberia: Clergyman Assaults Journalists, Seizes Camera [press release]

  Journalist Welemongai Ciapha, of the "Frontpage Africa" newspaper, and photojournalist Molinda Mulbah were, on 14 December 2011, beaten up by Pastor Bethel Onyeneken of the... Read more »

November 30, 2011

• Liberia: Opposition 'Blacklist' Targets Media Houses [press release]

  The names of some Liberian media houses and personalities have been noted on a blacklist clandestinely disseminated in a newsletter that was purportedly put together and circulated... Read more »

• Liberia: Freedom of Information Conference Brings Together Participants From Bomi and Cape Mount Counties [press release]

  Delegates of the 23 November 2011 Robertsport FOI Conference have, among other things, petitioned the organizer, Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP), to establish... Read more »

November 18, 2011

• Liberia: CEMESP Cautiously Welcomes Re-Opening of Four Media Houses [press release]

  The Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP) welcomes the reopening of four media houses recently ordered closed by Criminal Court A as a necessary action to promote... Read more »

November 11, 2011

• Liberia: Fire Destroys Radio Station [press release]

  Following the November 8, 2011 closure of four broadcasting houses, viewed by the government as pro-opposition, a mysterious fire has gutted the studios of the ELWA radio station... Read more »

• Liberia: Journalists Caught in the Middle of Political Rivalries At Election Time [press release]

  In the wake of run-off elections in Liberia, seven broadcasters were closed down after three people died during fighting between riot police and opposition supporters, reports the... Read more »

November 9, 2011

• Liberia: Seven Media Outlets Suspended On Eve of Presidential Elections [press release]

  The Government of Liberia has closed down seven radio and television stations that are perceived to be pro-opposition. Read more »

November 5, 2011

• Liberia: Politician Files U.S.$10 Million Libel Suit Against Newspaper [press release]

  After his release on a US$5 million bail bond, Israel Akinsanya, the former chairman of the Liberty Party who is accused of theft by the giant GSM Company (Lonestar Cell MTN), has... Read more »

November 4, 2011

• Liberia: Newspaper Risks Being Shut Down Over U.S.$1.5 Million Fine [press release]

  The "Frontpage Africa" newspaper risks being shut down if it does not comply with a court ruling ordering it to pay US$1.5m in damages, plus court costs, for libelling a former... Read more »

October 19, 2011

• Liberia: Journalist Attacked in Monrovia [press release]

  Journalist Smith Toby of Truth FM has survived an armed attack by unknown persons at his home in Monrovia. The journalist is still contending with the trauma. Read more »

September 16, 2011

• Liberia: CEMESP Holds Freedom of Information Forum for Local Authorities, Community Radio Journalists [press release]

  The Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP) has concluded the final phase of its Freedom of Information (FOI) Literacy Stakeholders Forum in Gbarnga under the theme... Read more »

September 15, 2011

• Liberia: Reporters Attacked By Political Partisans [press release]

  Four reporters of the Renaissance Communication Incorporated (RCI) were on 6 September 2011 attacked by dozens of partisans of the opposition Liberty Party in Liberia. Read more »