Liberia: Roots FM's Closure and Media Future in Liberia

After last week's closure of independent Roots FM 102.7 and its affiliates by the Government of Liberia, many people in Liberia seem to be more concern about closing a second radio station, Freedom FM, than the procedure followed by the authorities in the action taken against the first station.

Many hold the view that Freedom FM 87.9 owned and operated by a senior security officer of the government, Sam Siryon, is involved in broadcasting invectives and hate speech against opposition members, particularly political leaders of opposition political parties just similarly as Roots FM 102.7 had been ranting against President George Manneh Weah and his government.

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