No let up in attacks against Sierra Leone’s Journalists
This year, 2012 is a critical year for Sierra Leone as the country holds presidential, parliamentary and local elections in November.
With political tensions rising in the run up to the polls, the environment is getting more hostile for Journalists.
The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists, SLAJ, has expressed concern that Journalists in the country continue to come under attack, especially from the state police and politicians.
Since the start of this year, a number of journalists and media institutions have come under attack, with some allegedly being beaten or harassed.
WADR’s Freetown correspondent Mohamed Konneh speaks with SLAJ’s President Umaru Fofana.
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