WAN-IFRA and civil society groups express hope that laws criminalising free speech will finally be repealed; Liberia committed to reform in 2012 but has so far failed to retract legislation.
At the urging of a coalition of media rights groups, including the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) and local and regional organisations, the Liberian government has re-committed to the urgent need to repeal laws that criminalise speech in Liberia.