December 01, 2022
Liberia: Traditional Leaders Say They Will Not Stop Female Genital Cutting Without More Money
Traditional Leaders Say They Will Not Stop Female Genital Cutting Without More Money Read more »
November 30, 2022
Liberia: Liberian Youth Activist Joins Young Civil Rights Activists in Calling On U.S. Congress to Pass Youth Peace and Security Act
The President of Students Against Corruption, Daniel K. Dennis and several civil rights activists have called on the Foreign Affairs Committee of the United States Congress to lead… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Liberia: Federation of African Law Students President Cautions African Lawyers to Fight Against Menace Undermining Africans' Decent Existence
"Stop Grotesque Practices" Read more »
November 24, 2022
Africa: UN Goodwill Ambassador for Africa On FGM Calls On Traditional Leaders to Preserve and Refine Tradition
The visiting United Nations Goodwill Ambassador for Africa on Female Genital Mutilation and Child Marriage Jaha Dukureh has underscored the need for women and girls across the… Read more »
November 23, 2022
Liberia: UN Goodwill Ambassador Lauds Deputy Speaker Koffa for Championing Fight Against 'FGM' in Liberia
Regional UN Women Ambassador for Africa Madam Jaha Dukureh has lauded Liberia's Deputy Speaker Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa over his efforts to put an end to Female Genital Mutilation… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Liberia: 'Introduce Initiation Without Mutilation' - UN Women Goodwill Ambassador
The United Nations Women Goodwill Ambassador for Africa on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and child marriage, Jaha Dukureh, has spoken about introducing a program called… Read more »
November 17, 2022
Liberia: A Call to End Reprisal Against Climate and Human Rights Defenders
The Mano River Union Civil Society Natural Rights and Governance Platform (MRU-CSO Platform) implores governments, the United Nations, International organizations and civil society… Read more »
Liberia: Medica Liberia Holds 5-Day STA Training
In an effort to ensure zero tolerance against sexual and gender based violence (SGBV), medica Liberia (mL) in collaboration with modiale (Germany) is conducting a five-day Stress… Read more »
Liberia: ForumCiv Ends Third Rural Women Land Rights Conference With a Call for Actions to Ensure Ownership of Land By Rural Women
For the third time, ForumCiv Liberia hosted the Rural Women Land Rights Conference. The conference resulted in commitments from participating organizations and some of the… Read more »
November 01, 2022
Liberia: Parents Blast Schools, Education Ministry for 'Compelling Students to Abandon Class for Political Rally
UNIFICATION CITY, Margibi County - Angry parents have expressed disappointment in the Margibi County School System and the Ministry of Education for forcing their children out of… Read more »
October 24, 2022
Liberia: An Eye for an Eye - A Desperate Response to Violence Against Women
11 Year-Old Likely to Suffer Fistula after Forceful Genital Cutting Went Wrong in Sande Bush" was the scary caption of a story of callous cruelty published in the October 19, 2022… Read more »
October 17, 2022
Liberia: "Remain Resilient and Uncompromising About Human Rights Issues" - Cllr. Yvette Chesson Gibson Admonishes Women
The lingering question surrounding the protection of women who defend rights in Liberia has finally been answered with the launch of a network to protect, support amplify their… Read more »
Liberia: 'War Crimes Court Not a Witch Hunt Court' - Human Rights Defender Adama Dempster
The Secretary General of the Civil Society Human Rights Advocacy Platform of Liberia Mr. Adama K. Dempster, has said the United States Ambassador-at-large for Global Criminal… Read more »
October 13, 2022
Liberia: INCHR Distances Itself, OHCHR Office From Allegations of Corruption - Says Media Failed to Do Due Diligence
The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR), has condemned what it described as 'media attacks' on its office and that of the United Nations High Commission for… Read more »
October 11, 2022
Liberia: Liberian Rights Campaigner Calls for Repealing of Death Penalty Law
Rights Campaigner Adama Dempster at the Intellectual Contemporary Museum Read more »
October 10, 2022
Liberia: Lawmaker Accused On Building in Driveway - Infringes On Residents' Right
Residents of the Rehab Gulf Community in Paynesville have raised a public outcry about the encroachment of Grand Gedeh District #3 Rep. Alex Grant building in the driveway stopping… Read more »
October 07, 2022
Liberia: Speechless And Hearing-Impaired People Get Married in Sign Language
Center for National Documents and Records Agency has for the first time officiated a wedding ceremony between two speech and hearing impaired people in sign language. Read more »
September 28, 2022
Liberia: The Dark Side of Press Freedom Under President George Weah
WHEN PRESIDENT George Weah told world leaders at the 77th UN General Assembly in New York that his administration had eradicated laws that in the past suppressed freedom of the… Read more »
September 20, 2022
Liberia: Medica Liberia Begins Training of 200 Grassroots Women's Rights Advocates
medica Liberia (mL) in an effort to implement the Spotlight Initiative project supported by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), has 200 Grassroots Women's Rights… Read more »
September 08, 2022
Liberia: Letter to the World - Absence of Justice for LGBT People in Liberia
Dear World: Read more »
September 06, 2022
Liberia: Human Rights Report On China Puts Liberia's Decision On the Right Side of History
Liberia's decision to sign a joint statement condemning China's human rights record in the United Nations Human Rights Council has been justified by the recent damning human rights… Read more »
August 22, 2022
Liberia: CDC Lawmaker Condemned for Grave Human Rights Threats
Rep. Solomon George of the ruling Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) has told President George Weah that some of his critics "need to disappear" to enable rapid developments in… Read more »
August 19, 2022
Liberia: Judge Orders Police Inspector Sudue Arrest for Ignoring Human Rights Commission's Subpoena
Circuit Court Judge Nancy Finda Sammy has issued an arrest warrant for the Inspector General of the Liberia National Police (LNP) Patruck Sudue over his refusal to appear before… Read more »
August 17, 2022
Liberia: Towards a More 'Equally Equal' Liberia - the Case for a Mandatory Gender Quota
The 54th Session of the National Legislature has an enormous opportunity to represent the interests of Liberian women and advance Liberia's record of women's leadership in Africa… Read more »
August 16, 2022
Liberia: Human Rights Commission Vows to Subject Police Inspector to Ongoing Public Hearing Over July 26 Violence
The Chairman of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR), Cllr. Dempster Brown says the Commission will do all in its jurisdiction to subject Police Inspector… Read more »