Media

Conakry: Journalist Beaten, Stripped Naked

The West African state of Guinea headed by president Lansana Conte, has been the location for some of the most bizarre treatments of journalists in the (...)

| August 2005 | 9814 views

Sierra Leone: A Press Gulag

The media in Sierra Leone has been in deep mourning since the death of For Di People former Deputy Editor Harry Yansanneh who was beaten allegedly on the (...)

| August 2005 | 1246 views

Press Freedom in Sierra Leone: A Dismal Story

Despite a return to relative calm after 11 years of civil war, freedom of expression in Sierra Leone remains very uncertain, as demonstrated by a harsh (...)

| July 2005 | 1301 views

CPJ Writes Kabbah

In Sierra Leone, government officials including the president and his ministers, are fond of saying there is freedom of expression and freedom of the (...)

| July 2005 | 1241 views