Freedom of the Press 2007: Sierra Leone
28 February 2008
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Mohamed Morlu has been awarded $25,000 as compensation for injuries he sustained during a police crackdown on demonstrating students in March 2017.
In its assessment of Sierra Leone’s media freedom landscape, the Media Foundation for West Africa zones in on the legal framework – in particular the passing of the contentious Cyber Security and Crimes Act and the continued absence of a data protection law.
Privately owned Star radio and Star TV are temporarily taken off air by Sierra Leone’s broadcasting regulator for what majority shareholder believes are political reasons.