IFEX - Sierra Leone http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/ Sierra Leone en Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:50:35 GMT Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:50:35 GMT 100 <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Two pastors assault newspaper editor; community radio journalists attacked]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/12/07/kabia_assaulted/ Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:00:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/12/07/kabia_assaulted/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Edition of newspaper seized by police]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/11/10/global_times_seized/ Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:36:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/11/10/global_times_seized/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Presidential guards attack four journalists]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/09/09/barrie_hospitalized/ Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:20:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/09/09/barrie_hospitalized/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Newspaper reporter receives death threat]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/07/13/kalokoh_threatened/ Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:25:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/07/13/kalokoh_threatened/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Sports journalists under threat ]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/07/08/fofanah_threats/ Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:04:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/07/08/fofanah_threats/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Police arrest two suspects in murder of newspaper journalist ]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/06/23/suspect_arrests/ Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:06:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/06/23/suspect_arrests/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Suspects arrested in rare journalist murder]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/06/22/foday_suspects_arrested/ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 17:30:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/06/22/foday_suspects_arrested/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Newspaper editor attacked by ruling party militants]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/06/22/kai_attacked/ Wed, 22 Jun 2011 16:48:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/06/22/kai_attacked/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Newspaper journalist stabbed to death ]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/06/15/foday_stabbed/ Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:52:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/06/15/foday_stabbed/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Journalists' association to sue opposition politician over attacks on two journalists]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/03/07/attack_on_journalists/ Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:28:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/03/07/attack_on_journalists/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Newspaper faces criminal prosecution]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/03/04/blyden_libel_suit/ Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:57:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2011/03/04/blyden_libel_suit/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Minister orders arrest of several newspaper journalists ]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2010/12/16/freetown_journalists_arrested/ Thu, 16 Dec 2010 12:01:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2010/12/16/freetown_journalists_arrested/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Journalist beaten by police, briefly detained]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2010/10/20/savage_beaten_detained/ Wed, 20 Oct 2010 16:13:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2010/10/20/savage_beaten_detained/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Radio station receives threats ]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2010/09/28/radio_democracy_threatened/ Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:16:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2010/09/28/radio_democracy_threatened/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Court detains journalist for four hours]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2010/08/27/maddie_detained/ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:08:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2010/08/27/maddie_detained/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Supreme Court dismisses journalists' association challenge to criminal, seditious libel laws]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/11/12/laws_not_repealed/ Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:48:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/11/12/laws_not_repealed/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Ruling party militants violently assault radio journalist]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/10/29/gottor_assaulted/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:48:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/10/29/gottor_assaulted/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - New broadcasting act keeps public media under state control]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/08/19/broadcasting_act_condemned/ Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:44:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/08/19/broadcasting_act_condemned/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - New broadcasting law gives president control over state media]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/08/14/broadcasting_law_decried/ Fri, 14 Aug 2009 14:14:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/08/14/broadcasting_law_decried/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Journalists' group declares news blackout on judiciary ]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/06/23/public_order_act/ Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:17:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/06/23/public_order_act/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - ARTICLE 19 recommends improvements to draft information law]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/05/29/draft_information_law/ Fri, 29 May 2009 10:30:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/05/29/draft_information_law/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Newspaper publisher turns herself in to police, bail set at "extortionary" level]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/05/25/blyden_bail/ Mon, 25 May 2009 11:43:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/05/25/blyden_bail/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Newspaper editor-in-chief threatened, in hiding following publication of article about president]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/05/21/publisher_threatened/ Thu, 21 May 2009 15:00:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/05/21/publisher_threatened/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Editor-in-chief violently attacked by ruling-party members]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/05/19/editor_stabbed/ Tue, 19 May 2009 14:35:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/05/19/editor_stabbed/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Newspaper editor David Jabati physically assaulted]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/03/18/newspaper_editor_david_jabati_physically/ Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:19:54 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/03/18/newspaper_editor_david_jabati_physically/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Four female journalists kidnapped, subjected to public humiliation by supporters of female genital mutilation]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/02/11/four_female_journalists_kidnapped/ Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:04:41 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/02/11/four_female_journalists_kidnapped/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Media advocate Emmanuel Saffa Abdulai receives death threats after criticising government]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/02/09/media_advocate_emmanuel_saffa_abdulai/ Mon, 09 Feb 2009 13:10:11 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/02/09/media_advocate_emmanuel_saffa_abdulai/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Youth party leader orders dismissal of radio journalist Gibril Gorttor]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/01/23/youth_party_leader_orders_dismissal/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:58:04 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2009/01/23/youth_party_leader_orders_dismissal/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Radio station vandalised, staff members threatened with death ]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/11/28/radio_station_vandalised_staff/ Fri, 28 Nov 2008 11:12:24 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/11/28/radio_station_vandalised_staff/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Media advocacy group receives death threats]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/10/17/media_advocacy_group_receives_death/ Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:53:18 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/10/17/media_advocacy_group_receives_death/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Police Council assumes responsibility in assault on journalists, pledges compensation for damages ]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/09/29/police_council_assumes_responsibility/ Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:11:03 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/09/29/police_council_assumes_responsibility/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Journalists impose news blackout on police activities to protest assault on colleagues]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/09/23/journalists_impose_news_blackout/ Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:26:05 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/09/23/journalists_impose_news_blackout/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - GOVERNMENTS TURN AGAINST MEDIA, NIGERIAN KILLED]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/08/27/governments_turn_against_media/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:19:36 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/08/27/governments_turn_against_media/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Ruling party militants ransack opposition radio station, knock it out of service; journalists manhandled by security personnel]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/08/15/ruling_party_militants_ransack/ Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:20:47 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/08/15/ruling_party_militants_ransack/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Security personnel assault, injure eight journalists covering political party meeting]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/08/14/security_personnel_assault_injure/ Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:00:59 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/08/14/security_personnel_assault_injure/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Unity Radio exonerated by media regulatory body after being shut down by information minister]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/05/29/unity_radio_exonerated_by_media/ Thu, 29 May 2008 15:26:34 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/05/29/unity_radio_exonerated_by_media/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - SLBS refutes claim Unity Radio station's antenna improperly installed; radio station's closure will limit pre-election free expression, says RSF]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/05/16/slbs_refutes_claim_unity_radio/ Fri, 16 May 2008 09:54:00 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/05/16/slbs_refutes_claim_unity_radio/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Opposition radio station shut down]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/05/12/opposition_radio_station_shut_down/ Mon, 12 May 2008 11:52:57 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/05/12/opposition_radio_station_shut_down/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Government threatens criminal prosecution of newspaper over articles critical of president]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/05/08/government_threatens_criminal_prosecution/ Thu, 08 May 2008 13:06:07 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/05/08/government_threatens_criminal_prosecution/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Journalists' group challenges libel laws used to silence critics]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/03/11/journalists_group_challenges_libel/ Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:20:38 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/03/11/journalists_group_challenges_libel/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Publisher detained briefly, accused of "ridiculing" president]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/03/07/publisher_detained_briefly_accused/ Fri, 07 Mar 2008 11:27:52 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/03/07/publisher_detained_briefly_accused/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Editor detained briefly, released on bail]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/02/20/editor_detained_briefly_released/ Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:04:49 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/02/20/editor_detained_briefly_released/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - WAN welcomes government's announcement that it will decriminalise libel]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/02/15/wan_welcomes_government_s_announcement/ Fri, 15 Feb 2008 13:14:37 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/02/15/wan_welcomes_government_s_announcement/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Journalist charged with defamation under repressive law that government had pledged to amend ]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/02/14/journalist_charged_with_defamation/ Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:05:19 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2008/02/14/journalist_charged_with_defamation/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Various acts of violence, harassment, death threats against journalists on eve of election]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2007/09/07/various_acts_of_violence_harassment/ Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:44:15 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2007/09/07/various_acts_of_violence_harassment/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Criminal charges against newspaper editor dropped]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2007/08/24/criminal_charges_against_newspaper/ Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:39:12 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2007/08/24/criminal_charges_against_newspaper/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Two presenters injured in armed attack on evangelical radio station]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2007/08/09/two_presenters_injured_in_armed/ Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:05:03 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2007/08/09/two_presenters_injured_in_armed/ <![CDATA[Sierra Leone - Newspaper editor freed on bail pending trial after court set tough conditions for release]]> http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2007/07/05/newspaper_editor_freed_on_bail/ Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:03:36 GMT http://www.ifex.org/sierra_leone/2007/07/05/newspaper_editor_freed_on_bail/