Journalists attacked, harassed, and threatened while covering Liberian senate election Journalists attacked, harassed, and threatened while covering Liberian senate election
Voters are seen at a polling station in Monrovia, Liberia, on December 8, 2020. Journalists attacked, harassed, and threatened while covering that election. (AFP/Emmanuel Tobey)
In the days leading up to and following senatorial elections in Liberia on December 8, 2020, security forces and civilians attacked, harassed, and threatened members of the press, according to journalists who spoke with CPJ and a statement shared on Facebook by the Press Union of Liberia, a local trade group.
On November 30, in Paynesville, a suburb of the capital, Monrovia, three supporters of Thomas P. Fallah, a senatorial candidate with Liberia’s ruling Coalition for Democratic Change party, forced their way into the office of the privately owned broadcaster Truth FM and attempted to stop an interview that they believed woul