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Letter: Five journalists sentenced to death in Sierra Leone

H. E. Ahmed Tejan Kabbah President Freetown Sierra Leone Vienna, 25 August 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is deeply concerned about the fate of five journalists, who were sentenced to death in Sierra Leone on Monday, August 24 1998, on charges of treason in connection with a May 1997 coup d’etat. We […]

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Letter: Proposed changes to press law in Sierra Leone threaten to shut down independent papers

H. E. Ahmed Tejan Kabbah President Freetown Sierra Leone Vienna, 15 May 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 98 countries, is most concerned about proposed amendments to the press law in Sierra Leone. On 6 May […]

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