Four newspapers’ managers and staff summoned
(MISA/IFEX) – The following is a joint MISA and Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) alert: The Civil Law Court in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, has issued a summons to the management and staff of four newspapers, the “National Chronicle”, the “Monrovia Guardian”, “The Forum” and “The Heritage”. The editors and staff of the four newspapers […]
Newspaper staff arrested
(MISA/IFEX) – The following is a joint MISA and Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) alert: (MISA/IFEX) – The following is a joint MISA-MFWA alert: On 23 February 2004, Meeky Mckay, managing editor and sales manager of “Heritage” newspaper, and journalist Homammed Kanneh were arrested on orders of the Monrovia City Court for a story […]
Reporter assaulted
(MISA/IFEX) – The following is a joint MISA and Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) alert: On 9 February 2004, journalist Mike Jabeteh, of “The Analyst” newspaper, was severely beaten by a member of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebel group. Jabeteh bled from the ears as a result of the beating. […]
US$5 million lawsuit filed against newspaper
(MISA/IFEX) – The following is a joint MISA and Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) alert: The “Chronicle” newspaper has been brought before the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in the capital, Monrovia, in an action for “damages for injury to reputation”. Philip Keikpo, former business manager of exiled former president Charles Taylor, is claiming US$5 […]
Criminal charges brought against journalists working for private weekly newspaper
(CPJ/IFEX) – In a 4 February 2004 letter to Liberian President Gyude Bryant, CPJ expressed its concern over the recent criminal charges brought against journalists working for the private weekly newspaper “Telegraph”. On 16 January, editor-in-chief Philip Moore Jr., managing editor Adolphus Karnuah and sub-editor Robert Kpadeh Jr. were arrested and brought to the Magistrate […]
Journalists assaulted
(MISA/IFEX) – The following is a joint MISA and Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) alert On 7 January 2004, journalists Alphonso Toweh, Janet Johnson, Gibson Jerue, of the Reuters news agency, Radio Veritas and “Analyst” newspaper, respectively, were assaulted by a security officer working for the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). The journalists […]
Rebels attack Japanese journalist, notebook seized
(MISA/IFEX) – The following is a joint MISA and Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) alert: On 5 December 2003, Kenji Kato, a reporter on assignment in Liberia for the Japanese newspaper “Yomuri Shimbun”, was assaulted by Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) rebels. Kato was not physically harmed, but the rebels seized his […]
Interim leader lifts ban on Star Radio
(MISA/IFEX) – The following is a joint MISA and Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) alert: On 3 November 2003, the Liberian transitional government’s chairperson, Gyude Bryant, lifted a three-year-old ban on Star Radio, an independent FM radio station in Monrovia, the capital. On 15 March 2000, the station was forcibly shut down by armed […]
Injured journalist flown out of Liberia, independent radio stations and newspapers cease operations
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 23 July 2003 CPJ press release: INJURED FRENCH JOURNALIST FLOWN OUT OF LIBERIA Independent radio stations and newspapers cease operations in wake of recent incursion New York, July 23, 2003-French photographer Patrick Robert, who was injured while on assignment in Liberia’s capital, Monrovia, for the U.S.-based weekly Time magazine, […]
French photographer seriously wounded in fighting
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has appealed to all sides in the fighting in Liberia to avoid harming journalists after a French photographer, Patrick Robert, was seriously wounded in the chest and arm during clashes on 19 July 2003 between government and rebel forces on the outskirts of Monrovia. RSF called on President Charles Taylor’s government and […]
Journalists attacked, displaced and living in fear
(MISA/IFEX) – The following is a joint MISA-MFWA alert: Following the recent incursions into the capital, Monrovia, and subsequent retreat of LURD (Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy) rebels, residents of the Duala and New Kru Town suburbs have been subjected to a reign of terror. The attacks are allegedly being perpetrated primarily by government […]
Journalist attacked
(MISA/IFEX) – The following is a joint MISA-MFWA alert: On 27 May 2003, three armed men wearing uniforms of the Presidential elite guard, the Anti-Terrorist Unit (ATU), attacked Stanley McGill, a journalist working with the independent newspaper “The News”. McGill had just returned from work at about 10:45 p.m. (local time) when his assailants, who […]
Six radio stations shut down
(MISA/IFEX) – The following is a joint MISA-MFWA alert: The government of Liberia has shut down six amateur FM radio stations operating in Bong County, central Liberia, and Margibi County, some 40 kilometres east of the capital, Monrovia. The stations affected include Y-FM, Bright FM, Jet 89.9, The Voice of Kakata and the Voice of […]
Journalist missing for over one month
(RSF/IFEX) – On 6 May 2003, RSF expressed concern about the disappearance of William Quiwea, a correspondent for the radio station Talking Drum Studio-Liberia. The journalist disappeared more than one month ago during attacks by rebels of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) movement in several provincial capitals. He was based in Zwedru, […]
Four journalists missing for past two weeks
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has called on the Liberian authorities to search for four journalists who have been missing for more than two weeks in the country’s eastern and central regions, where government forces are battling rebels of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Development (LURD) movement. The missing journalists are Grody Dorbor, editor of “The […]
Journalist flogged
(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 17 December 2002 IFJ media release: IFJ Condemns Flogging of Liberian Journalist The International Federation of Journalists, the world’s largest journalists’ organisation, today condemned the illegal flogging of a Liberian journalist, Mr. Throble Suah, of the independent daily Inquirer, by men believed to be officers of the Presidential elite […]