Document #1303392

CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists

Sierra Leone: CPJ disturbed that jailed editor denied due process

http://www.cpj.org/protests/05ltrs/Sierra22june05pl.html

ecoi.net summary:
Editor and publisher of independent daily For Di People, who was charged with two counts of seditious libel in 2004, was denied due process of law; he was allegedly also transferred to solitary confinement
Country:
Sierra Leone
Source:
CPJ – Committee to Protect Journalists
Original link:
http://www.cpj.org/protests/05ltrs/Sierra22june05pl.html
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Published:
22 June 2005
Document ID:
1303392 (former ID 11158)

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