World Report 2009: Sierra Leone
22 January 2009
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Recent articles in Sierra Leone
Journalist Chernoh Alpha Bah forced to remain in exile
Sierra Leonean journalist Chernoh Alpha Bah has faced an onslaught of online harassment and death threats over the last 4 years.
ECOWAS court orders police to compensate student
Mohamed Morlu has been awarded $25,000 as compensation for injuries he sustained during a police crackdown on demonstrating students in March 2017.
Journalists’ trade union pushing for press freedom in Sierra Leone
In its assessment of Sierra Leone’s media freedom landscape, the Media Foundation for West Africa zones in on the legal framework – in particular the passing of the contentious Cyber Security and Crimes Act and the continued absence of a data protection law.