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Sierra Leone:
Calls for Release of Detained Journalists
Concord, 30 October 2013
A Leading Human Rights Group, Rightsway International, Has Made an Unprecedented Appeal to President Ernest Bai Koroma for the Immediate Release of the Two Detained Journalists and… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
SLAJ Thanks All for Successful Black Tuesday
Concord, 30 October 2013
the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (slaj) Would Like to Thank All Editors, Station Managers and Proprietors for Their Cooperation and Support in Tuesday's Very Successful… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Editors Denied Bail Again
Concord, 30 October 2013
The managing editor and editor of Independent Observer newspaper were again denied bail yesterday by Magistrate Komba Kamanda of the Freetown Magistrates Court No.2 after they were… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
SLAJ President Warns Journalists - 'Don't Fight for Me!'
Concord, 30 October 2013
The President of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) yesterday admonished journalists at the organization's headquarters in Freetown not to battle with those he said… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
SDI Condemns Use of Public Order Act to Imprison Journalists
Concord, 30 October 2013
The Society for Democratic initiatives (SDI) has unreservedly and unequivocally condemned the use of the 1965 Public Order Act to imprison Jonathan Leigh and Baibai Sesay, managing… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Editors Face 26 Counts of Libel Over Article About President
IFEX, 25 October 2013
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) is demanding the immediate release from prison of two Sierra Leonean journalists, Jonathan Leigh and Bai Bai Sesay, managing editor and… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
In Sierra Leone, Journalists Held On Libel, Sedition Charges
CPJ, 24 October 2013
Authorities in Sierra Leone should immediately release two reporters being held on charges of sedition and libel in connection with a story criticizing President Ernest Bai Koroma,… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Editorial Criticizing President Prompts Multiple Proceedings
RSF, 24 October 2013
Reporters Without Borders is alarmed by the way the authorities seem bent on hounding Jonathan Leigh, the managing editor of the Independent Observer, an opposition daily, and Bai… Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Sierra Leone Must Drop Charges Against Editors
AI London, 24 October 2013
The Sierra Leonean authorities must drop all charges against editors for simply exercising their right to freedom of expression, Amnesty International said today. Read more »
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Sierra Leone:
Two Journalists Detained for Six Days Without Charge
MFWA, 23 October 2013
Police in the Sierra Leonean capital, Freetown, have detained the Managing Editor and Editor of the Independent Observer Newspaper for six days without charge. Read more »
