Liberia - Editor placed under house arrest for the remainder of parole

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is disturbed by the justice ministry's decision on 18 October to place Frontpage Africa editor Rodney Sieh under house arrest during the rest of the 30 days of “compassionate” leave from prison that he was accorded on 8 October. “The house arrest order contradicts the parole that Sieh was granted on health grounds,” Reporters Without Borders said. “Sieh is like a ball being batted to and fro in a power struggle between different Liberian officials. This constitutes (...)

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