(MFWA/IFEX) – Elligh Mothershed, a visiting American journalist, was arrested at 6B Jannet Lane Kingtom in Freetown on 15 November 2006, on the orders of Alpha Timbo, minister in charge of labour and industrial relations. The journalist was cautioned, released and asked to report to the minister later that day. The MFWA-Sierra Leone source said […]
(MFWA/IFEX) – Elligh Mothershed, a visiting American journalist, was arrested at 6B Jannet Lane Kingtom in Freetown on 15 November 2006, on the orders of Alpha Timbo, minister in charge of labour and industrial relations.
The journalist was cautioned, released and asked to report to the minister later that day.
The MFWA-Sierra Leone source said Mothershed was arrested while he was in a meeting with some disgruntled youths who had returned from a mission in Iraq. He was warned to desist from interviewing the youths, who had gone to Iraq to work as labourers.
At the end of their mission, the youths were to be paid an amount of US$1,500 by their employer in Iraq through the Ministry of Labour. However, they claimed that the amount was too small, compared with those obtained by their colleagues from other countries.
