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Liberia Shuts Down FrontPage Africa Newspaper

Only days after its Managing Editor and Publisher, Rodney Sieh, was incarcerated, the offices of the FrontPage Africa newspapers, one of Liberia's leading dailies, have been ordered closed.

Liberia: Newspaper Shut Down

FrontPageAfrica, 23 August 2013

The offices of the FrontPageAfrica Newspaper was shut down at about 10:45 AM local time this morning. The closure comes a few days after the Publisher and Managing Editor was… Read more »

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Front Page Managing Editor Rodney Sieh Arrested, August 2013

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Front Page Africa Managing Editor Rodney Sieh was accused of libeling former agriculture minister J. Chris Toe. Sieh is also publisher of the paper and its online editions. see more »

Liberia: Publisher Jailed for Libel

VOA, 22 August 2013

A Liberian rights group has given the government a Friday ultimatum to free the jailed publisher and managing editor of FrontPage Africa print and online editions or the group will… Read more »
Liberia: Reminiscent of the Dark Days

FrontPageAfrica, 22 August 2013

HUNDREDS OF ANGRY LIBERIANS today trooped into the courtyard of the temple of Justice in Monrovia to show solidarity after a lower court ruled that Rodney Sieh, managing editor and… Read more »
Liberia: Frontpageafrica Newspaper Managing Editor, Rodney Sieh, Jailed

FrontPageAfrica, 21 August 2013

The Publisher/Managing Editor of FrontPageAfrica newspaper, Rodney Sieh, has been re-arrested in Monrovia in line with a recent Supreme Court ruling that held the FrontPageAfrica… Read more »
Liberia: Popular Journalist Imprisoned for 'Libel'

NEWS, 22 August 2013

The Managing Editor of FrontPageAfrica Newspaper and Online Magazine, Rodney D. Sieh has spent his first night at the Monrovia Central Prison. Read more »
Liberia: Journalist Jailed Amid Public Protest

Heritage, 22 August 2013

The Editor-in-Chief of the FrontPage Africa (FPA) Newspaper, Mr. Rodney Sieh, was jailed on Wednesday, August 21, 2013 at the Monrovia Central Prison, amid public protest. Mr.… Read more »
Liberia: CDC Slams Arrest of FPA Publisher, Decries Wave of Attacks On Liberian Press

FrontPageAfrica, 20 August 2013

The National Executive Committee of the Congress for Democratic Change views the attempted arrest of Journalist Rodney Sieh as an attempt of the state to exploit judicial tyranny… Read more »
Liberia: Kofi Woods Agrees to Represent Newspaper in Legal Tussle

New Republic, 20 August 2013

The management of FrontPageAfrica is pleased to reveal that Attorney Samuel Kofi Woods has agreed to represent the newspaper in its appeal process at the Community Court of Justice… Read more »
Liberia: Frontpageafrica Closure Imminent - Judge Orders Enforcement of U.S.$1.5 Million Judgment

FrontPageAfrica, 17 August 2013

The Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Liberia has given the greenlight for lawyers of former Agriculture Minister Dr. J. Chris Toe to begin enforcing the court's US$1.5 million… Read more »