Document #1313429

RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières

Court closes newspaper and issues arrests warrants for staff for "contempt"

http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12800

ecoi.net summary:
Monrovia court ordered the closure of offices of a privately-owned weekly, the Forum Newspaper and the arrest of its managing director other editorial staff for "contempt of court"
Country:
Liberia
Source:
RSF – Reporters Sans Frontières
Original link:
http://en.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12800
Document type:
Appeal or News Release
Language:
English
Published:
9 March 2005
Document ID:
1313429 (former ID 27473)

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