Sierra Leone

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following journalists are missing and feared abducted or killed by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels: **Update to IFEX alerts of 28 January, 22 January, 21 January, 20 January, 12 January, 11 January and 6 January 1999, 10 December and 9 December 1998** Dominick Kabba Kargbo (reported earlier as Kabba Karbo), deputy editor […]

(CJFE/IFEX) – Abidjan-based Associated Press (AP) West African Bureau Chief Ian Stewart is reported to be making steady progress in a London hospital following two successful operations. Stewart, 32, is recovering in London after undergoing two operations to repair damage caused after being shot in the head and critically wounded when the vehicle he was […]

**Updates IFEX alerts of 28 January, 22 January, 21 January, 20 January, 11 January and 6 January 1999** (RSF/IFEX) – The following is a 28 January 1999 RSF press release: Sierra Leone: the toll mounts:Five journalists killed, two missing, one seriously injured and media offices attacked While the toll of victims in the civil war […]

**Updates IFEX alert of 27 January 1999** (WAN/IFEX) – The following is a WAN press release: WAN Asks Liberia to Help Free Kidnapped Journalist The World Association of Newspapers has asked Liberia to intervene with rebels in Sierra Leone to help free journalist Javier Espinosa of Spain’s El Mundo newspaper, who was kidnapped on Monday. […]

**Updates IFEX alerts of 28 January, 22 January, 21 January, 20 January, 11 January and 6 January 1999** (CPJ/IFEX) – The follwing is a 27 January 1999 CPJ press release: Attacks on Sierra Leone Journalists Claim Four Lives, CPJ Reports New York, N.Y., Jan. 27 – Four journalists have been killed in Sierra Leone since […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – On 9 January 1999, Mabay Kamara, a free-lance reporter, was abducted by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels from his residence on Soldier Street, near the State House in Central Freetown. A female RUF rebel commando ordered his abduction. The rebels then set the house on fire before leaving the area. Kamara has not […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – On 9 January 1999, Paul Mansaray, deputy editor of the “Standard Times”, his wife, two young children, and an unnamed nephew were all murdered by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels at his residence on Andrews Street, in Calabar Town, in the east end of Freetown. An unnamed fellow journalist, who was with Mansaray […]

(WAN/IFEX) – The following is an appeal for assistance by WAN on behalf of Javier Espinosa, a journalist from “El Mundo” recently captured by rebel forces in Sierra Leone: Javier Espinosa, a reporter for the Spanish daily “El Mundo”, is being held hostage by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) of Sierra Leone. He was captured […]

HASH(0x8965138) **Updates IFEX alerts of 21 January, 20 January, 12 January and 11 January 1999** (WAJA/IFEX) – The following is a WAJA press release: We have been following recent events in Sierra Leone and are outraged and shocked by the senseless and indiscriminate attacks and persecution of both foreign and local journalists in Sierra Leone. […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels are still engaged in combat and the targeting of civilians in the east end of Freetown, and a number of journalists remain in grave danger. Because of CPJ’s concern for the safety of our Sierra Leonean journalist colleagues, and the continued security crisis in Freetown and Sierra Leone […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – Lansana Fofana, a stringer with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), is reportedly alive and safe in Freetown. He recounted his experiences of the past two weeks on the BBC on 20 January 1999. officer was arrested by the police welcoming the authorities’ willingness to prosecute him asking him to use his influence to […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – Jenner “J.C.” Cole, who was killed by Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels on 9 January 1999, was an on-air broadcaster with SKY-FM (106). He had previously worked with the Sierra Leone Broadcasting Service (SLBS). Cole leaves behind a son and pregnant fiance, a mother, father, two brothers, two sisters, two neices, and several […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an update on the horrific experiences of our colleagues in Sierra Leone during the battle for control of Freetown between the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebels, Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC) fighters, and ECOMOG (the West African Peacekeeping Forces). It is clear from the information that CPJ is receiving from […]

(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) – The following is a ARTICLE 19 press release calling on all parties to the civil war in Sierra Leone to respect international human rights principles in relation to journalists reporting the conflict: **Updates IFEX alerts of 11 January and 6 January 1999** 12 January 1999 – for immediate release Sierra Leone – […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – Associated Press (AP) television producer Myles Tierney, 34, of New York City, was killed when the vehicle he was traveling in through Freetown was sprayed with bullets by a man reported to be a rebel. Abidjan-based AP Television West Africa bureau chief Ian Stewart, 32, also in the vehicle, was shot in the […]

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is deploring the tragic death of Myles Tierney, a cameraman with the Associated Press (AP) agency, in Sierra Leone. According to RSF’s information, the cameraman, of North American nationality, was shot and killed on the afternoon of 10 January in Freetown. His colleague, Ian Stewart, Canadian chief of the AP regional bureau […]