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Liberia:
Flawed but Hopeful - Pres. Sirleaf Describes National Recovery
Analyst, 2 October 2013
In the last ten months, the Sirleaf Government has faced sustained fierce criticisms at home and abroad over a horde of issues, principally regarding corruption and social services… Read more »
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Liberia:
'Press Freedom and Free Speech Are Not Under Attack . . .'
New Dawn, 23 September 2013
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Liberia:
Gongloe Blames Journalist Sieh
Inquirer, 3 October 2013
Human Rights Lawyer Cllr. Tiawon Saye Gongloe has seriously blamed jailed Journalist Rodney Sieh for not exhausting the appeal process embedded in the legal system of the country.… Read more »
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Liberia:
IREX-Liberia Conducts Second Editors' Forum
New Dawn, 3 October 2013
IREX-Liberia in collaboration with USAID has held the second of four series Editor's Forum in Monrovia under theme: "Free Speech and Libel: How Journalists can protect themselves… Read more »
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Liberia:
Pres. Sirleaf Weighs in On Libel Saga
Analyst, 10 January 2013
Over the past month, debate over the imprisonment of Editor Rodney Sieh and the shutting down of the FrontPageAfrica for failing to pay the US $1.5 million libel damage awarded… Read more »
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Liberia:
U.S. Ambassador Acknowledges Free Press
Inquirer, 2 October 2013
Amidst interesting newspaper articles, radio and television airtimes which have been consumed largely by a debate as to whether there is press freedom in Liberia following the… Read more »
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Liberia:
U.S-Liberia Libel Laws in Comparison - a Guide for Media Law Reform in Liberia
FrontPageAfrica, 11 September 2013
After signing the Table Mountain in July 2012, it was in the news that President Sirleaf would submit a proposal to the Legislature in order to abolish all the anti-press freedom… Read more »
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Liberia:
'Jailed for Journalism' - Govt Responds
Govt of Liberia, 3 September 2013
In an op-ed recently published in the New York Times, "Jailed for Journalism," Mr. Rodney Sieh attempts to paint a gloomy picture of the prospect of free speech and the practice of… Read more »
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Liberia:
'Liberia Has One of the Freest Media' - U.S. Ambassador
Heritage, 1 October 2013
United States Ambassador accredited to Liberia, Madam Deborah Malac, has asserted that Liberia has one of the freest media in the world. Read more »
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Liberia:
Rodney's Lawyers Go to Supreme Court
New Dawn, 25 September 2013
Lawyers for jailed Liberian Journalist Rodney Sieh have filed a petition to the Supreme Court of Liberia, challenging the constitutionality of his imprisonment under Section 44.71… Read more »
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Liberia:
When Truth Collides With Falsehood
New Dawn, 24 September 2013
John Stuart Mill wrote that humankind or society loses if and when deprived of the opportunity to benefit from the "Clear perception & livelier impression of Truth produced by… Read more »