Articles by Center for Media Studies & Peace Building (CEMESP)
Journalist acquitted of “disorderly conduct”
Garley Mahn had been protesting the local administration’s mismanagement during the president’s visit to the region.
Thirty-one IFEX members and 22 other organisations call on UN High Commissioner to support human rights activists, journalists and bloggers
Rights groups appeal to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to take up cases of free expression violations targetting Bahraini journalists, bloggers and human rights defenders in an upcoming visit to the country.
Journalist released on bail after spending two nights in prison
Garley Mahn was arrested for disorderly conduct after he tried to display placards calling for the Liberian president to make changes in the way the county is administered.
CEMESP launches 2009 annual press freedom report
The state of the Liberian media in 2009 is a far cry from the freedom of expression heralded by President Sirleaf at her inauguration in 2006, says CEMESP.
Journalists barred from covering Tony Blair’s meeting with vice president
The reporters were denied access to the meeting by security guards assigned to the vice president, even though they were in possession of the official press access pass.
Newspaper and its staff face libel lawsuit
The former agriculture minister has filed a US$2 million action of damages for libel against “FrontPage Africa” newspaper, its editor-in-chief Rodney Sieh and reporter Samwar Fallah.
Security agency instructs printing press not to print newspaper
The printing press was told to refrain from printing the paper if it intended to carry news about an audit of Grand Bassa County Superintendent Julia Duncan Cassell.
Newspaper fined US$900,000 for libel
A private company sued the newspaper for defamation after it published an article calling its equipment “scraps”.