Liberia - Editor's 30-day release is “totally unsatisfactory”

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders calls for Frontpage Africa editor Rodney Sieh's definitive release and the reopening of his newspaper after a court freed him yesterday on “compassionate grounds” for a period of 30 days beginning on 8 October. Jailed on 21 August for being unable to pay former agriculture minister Chris Toe 1.6 million dollars (1.2 million euros) in libel damages, Sieh is forbidden to travel abroad and must notify the authorities if he leaves the capital, Monrovia, during this (...)

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