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Spotlight: Liberia Attacks

Liberia's minister of information promises to investigate death threats

Liberia's minister of information promises to investigate death threats

15 April 2019
Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)

The Liberian Ministry of Information has promised to investigate threats made against popular talk show host T-Max Jlateh and other journalists who are critical of President George Weah and his government.

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Liberia Attacks

Joy FM radio station in Monrovia vandalised

Joy FM radio station based in Monrovia was forced to go off the air after its premises were vandalised.

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)‎ 7 March 2019

Liberia Free Expression & the Law

President George Weah signs new press freedom act which repeals libel

The newly signed press freedom act named after journalist Kamara Abdullah Kamara abolishes criminal defamation.

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)‎ 5 March 2019

Access to Information Liberia Free Expression & the Law

Liberian parliament revokes press accreditation of journalists

The Liberian Parliament has revoked the accreditation of a number of journalists for their supposedly repetitive coverage of proceedings of the House.

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)‎26 February 2019

Latest from Liberia

Second destructive attack on Roots FM intended to intimidate

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)

Liberia Attacks 19 February 2019
Monrovian radio station Roots FM attacked by armed men

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)

Liberia Attacks 4 February 2019
Liberian ruling party officials' verbal attacks on media on the rise

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)

Liberia Attacks 4 January 2019
Liberian minister threatens editor

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Liberia Free Expression & the Law 21 December 2018
Monrovia's famous showpiece chalkboard 'newspaper' deliberately damaged

‎ Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

Liberia Attacks 31 October 2018
Journalist receives death threat after reporting on missing billions

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)

Liberia Attacks 3 October 2018
Lawyer in Liberia (allegedly) threatens journalist with death

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)

Liberia Attacks 14 September 2018
Liberian President George Weah set to decriminalize free speech

‎ Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA)

Liberia Free Expression & the Law 22 June 2018
Liberian government suspends media operating licences

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)

Liberia Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 19 June 2018
Liberian president's media freedom assurances at variance with actions

‎ Reyhana Masters for IFEX

Liberia Attacks Free Expression & the Law 9 May 2018
Promoting media safety ahead of Liberia's elections

‎ Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA), Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)

Liberia Attacks 21 September 2017
Liberian journalist detained over story about Equatorial Guinea's president

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building

Liberia Censorship Free Expression & the Law 19 September 2016
Radio station shut down after show analyses report on corruption in Liberia

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building

Liberia Censorship Free Expression & the Law 15 August 2016
Liberia experiencing downward trend in freedom of expression, information

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building

Access to Information Liberia 4 April 2016
Mae Azango: Liberian journalist and taboo breaker

‎ IFEX

Liberia Attacks Censorship Gender 13 October 2015
Liberia's National Chronicle newspaper officially reopened after a year of forced closure

‎ Canadian Journalists for Free Expression

Liberia 18 August 2015
Liberian president pledges to decriminalise media offenses

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building

Liberia Free Expression & the Law 4 February 2015
Liberia: Former talk show host alleges there is a state-sponsored plan to kill her

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building

Liberia Attacks 15 December 2014
Liberian government imposes restrictions on Ebola media coverage

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building

Liberia Censorship 3 October 2014
Liberian Supreme Court: Reverse decision to close National Chronicle newspaper

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building

Liberia Censorship Free Expression & the Law 23 September 2014
Access to timely, accurate information is critical to Ebola response

‎ Caro Rolando for IFEX

Access to Information Liberia Sierra Leone 17 September 2014
Liberian newspaper publisher harassed over article alleging misallocation of Ebola response funds

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building

Liberia Censorship 5 September 2014
Liberia: Offices of independent newspaper shut down, staff arbitrarily arrested

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building

Liberia Free Expression & the Law 18 August 2014
Journalist covering protest about Ebola virus arrested, beaten in Liberia

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building

Liberia 12 August 2014
Liberian government threatens media outlets with license forfeiture

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building

Liberia Free Expression & the Law 7 August 2014
Journalist's arrest follows critical publications about Liberian president's family

‎ Center for Media Studies & Peace Building

Liberia Free Expression & the Law 14 July 2014

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Freedom of the Press 2016: Liberia

Critical journalists continued to face harassment by law enforcement officials during the year, with alleged offenses including defamation, immigration or curfew violations, and bank theft.

Freedom House 24 April 2016
Freedom of the Press 2015: Liberia

Ranked 133rd in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 1 May 2015
Freedom of the Press 2014: Liberia

Ranked 125th in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 2 May 2014

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