July 17

• Liberia: Newspaper Faces Exorbitant Fine in Libel Case [press release]

  On 15 July 2013, the Supreme Court of Liberia ordered the civil law court to enforce its ruling against FrontPage Africa newspaper, after the paper failed to complete its appeal... Read more »

May 14

• Liberia: Liberian Security Service Director Takes Newspaper to Court for U.S. $1 Million [press release]

  Mr. Othello Warrick, director of the Executive Protection Service [the presidential guard unit] has taken The Monitor newspaper and its news coordinator, Octavin Williams, to court... Read more »

May 10

• Liberia: Journalists Impose Media Blackout On Liberian Presidency [press release]

  On May 9 2013, Liberian journalists - under the banner of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) - took several actions in response to disparaging and threatening remarks made against... Read more »

May 09

• Liberia: Freedom of Information Law Faces First Legal Test [press release]

  The Center for Media Studies and Peace Building (CEMESP) has filed a writ of mandamus with the Supreme Court of Liberia to compel the Independent Information Commission to conduct... Read more »

January 08

• Liberia: Radio Show Suspended Over Comments About Presidency

  The Costa Show, a weekly radio program hosted by Henry Costa with guest Menipakei Dumoe, has been sanctioned by the Hot FM station management. Both Costa and Dumoe are said to have... Read more »

October 25, 2012

• 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 17, 2012

• 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 18, 2012

• 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 22, 2012

• 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 05, 2012

• 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 21, 2012

• 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 20, 2012

• 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 »

March 30, 2012

• 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 »

• 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 14, 2012

• 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 28, 2012

• 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 14, 2012

• 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 17, 2012

• 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 19, 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 28, 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 15, 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 10, 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 »

November 09, 2011

• 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 08, 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 »