SAFETY AND SECURITY OF JOURNALISTS- OUTCOME DOCUMENT
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and the Media Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG) Sierra Leone, with funding support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Ghana, organised a National Forum on the Safety of Journalists in Sierra Leone at the Sierra Palms Hotel, Lumley Beach Road, Freetown on the 22nd April 2021. The forum was attended by 60 media and free expression stakeholders, Government representatives and civil society.
They included editors, managers, journalists and representative of media associations (such as SLAJ, SLRU, IRN, GoE, WIMSAL, SLBC, SWASAL; the Ministry of Information and Communication; the Independent Media Commission (IMC), Right to Access Information Commission (RAIC), and , security sector (Sierra Leone Police, Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), Office of National Security (OSN)), civil society organisations (Citizens Advocacy Network etc.) and representatives of journalism training institutions (Mass Communications Department, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone; and Limkokwing University of Creative Technology etc.
They included editors, managers, journalists and representative of media associations (such as SLAJ, SLRU, IRN, GoE, WIMSAL, SLBC, SWASAL; the Ministry of Information and Communication; the Independent Media Commission (IMC), Right to Access Information Commission (RAIC), and , security sector (Sierra Leone Police, Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF), Office of National Security (OSN)), civil society organisations (Citizens Advocacy Network etc.) and representatives of journalism training institutions (Mass Communications Department, Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone; and Limkokwing University of Creative Technology etc.