Liberia - Is freedom of information a collateral victim of Ebola virus?

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As the Ebola virus continues to spread in Liberia, the authorities have reinforced their control over the national media in the past three weeks although the free flow of news and information is essential to controlling this public health crisis. Will freedom of information be one of the Ebola epidemic's collateral victims? The Press Union of Liberia wrote to justice minister Christiana Tah on 4 September voicing alarm about the recent violations of freedom of information. The national (...)

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