June 17th, 2011
A policeman was
arrested yesterday (16 June) as the key suspect in the killing of Ibrahim Foday, a journalist for Exclusive newspaper. Foday was stabbed five days ago in Freetown while covering a riot on a land dispute, the cause of his death was not
initially made clear. Sierra Leone journalists are now condemning his murder. The president of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, Umaru Fofanah, said: ”Journalists in Sierra Leone must not continue being the endangered species.”
August 7th, 2010
The barring of photographers from picturing the supermodel at the Hague highlights the clash between privacy and free expression. Simon Jennings reports
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March 8th, 2010
Ten journalists in Sierra Leone have been
assaulted by members of an opposition party during their national conference. The International Federation of Journalists disclosed that supporters of the
Sierra Leone People’s Party (SLPP) physically attacked reporters as they were preparing to record the second day of the event in Bo. High ranking members of the SLPP were reported to have seized and stolen the cameras and mobile phones of the journalists present.
March 10th, 2008
On 5 March, Silvia Blyden, the publisher of privately owned daily newspaper the
Awareness Times, was arrested for allegedly ridiculing President Ernest Bai Koroma.
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