Siaka Massaquoi, editor-in-chief of the weekly “The Vision”, and Ojukwu Sesay, a correspondent for a Gambian newspaper, were both arrested on 10 January 1995 by military security police. The two journalists were taken to military security offices where they were interrogated. The journalists were asked about their sources for articles criticizing the government with respect […]
Siaka Massaquoi, editor-in-chief of the weekly “The Vision”, and
Ojukwu Sesay, a correspondent for a Gambian newspaper, were both
arrested on 10 January 1995 by military security police. The two
journalists were taken to military security offices where they
were interrogated. The journalists were asked about their sources
for articles criticizing the government with respect to the
conflict in eastern Sierra Leone. They were released on the same
day, but Siaka Massaquoi has been called in for questioning on a
daily basis since.
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