(CEMESP/IFEX) – On 25 August 2006, students at the University of Liberia assaulted a Liberian journalist who attempted to photograph scenes of rioting on the university’s main campus in Monrovia. Journalist Robert Jadoe of the “New Vision” newspaper also had his digital camera damaged by the students, who were angered that he took a photograph […]
(CEMESP/IFEX) – On 25 August 2006, students at the University of Liberia assaulted a Liberian journalist who attempted to photograph scenes of rioting on the university’s main campus in Monrovia.
Journalist Robert Jadoe of the “New Vision” newspaper also had his digital camera damaged by the students, who were angered that he took a photograph of a student injured in the riot.
Several other journalists who had gone to the scene to cover the riot were chased off the campus by angry students.
To protest a new registration procedure, University of Liberia students had blocked the entrances to the campus to prevent the institution’s administration from entering.
Meanwhile, the umbrella organisation representing journalists and media institutions, the Press Union of Liberia (PUL), has expressed outrage over the beating of Jadoe by the students.
In a complaint addressed to Martin Kolar, acting president of the University of Liberia Student Union, the PUL called for an immediate investigation into the attack on the journalist.
The PUL says it will institute measures that will guarantee journalists’ safety if the student union fails to address the issue.
