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Letter: IPI and WAN call for repeal of seditious libel law under which editor Paul Kamara is currently imprisoned

His Excellency Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Office of the President State House 15 Siaka Steven Street Freetown Sierra Leone Fax: +232 22 231 404 Vienna, 4 July 2005 Your Excellency, We are writing on behalf of the International Press Institute (IPI) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), to call for the repeal of Sierra Leone’s […]

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IPI condemns seditious libel charges against two Sierra Leonean journalists, calls for release of Paul Kamara

At Court No.1 in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 27 May, Magistrate Sam Margai charged managing editor Sydney B. Pratt and reporter Dennis Jones of the independent weekly Trumpet with seditious libel. After pleading not guilty to the charges, Pratt and Jones were released on bail of approximately US $16,000. The two journalists are to return […]

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Letter: Editor imprisoned

H. E. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Office of the President State House Freetown Sierra Leone Fax: +232 22 225 615 Vienna, 8 October 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, strongly condemns the imprisonment of Paul Kamara, founder and editor of […]

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Letter: Sierra Leone journalist prosecuted

H. E. Tejan Kabbah Office of The President State House Freetown, Sierra Leone Fax: +232 22 231404 Minister of Information Youyi Building, 9th Floor Freetown, Sierra Leone Fax: +232 22 231404 Vienna, 19 March 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 […]

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