PRESS FREEDOM REPORT-TWELFTH EDITION-DEC. 2023-MAY 2024

This Report, which addresses issues on ‘Freedom of Expression and of the Press, Access to Information,
and Internet Freedom and Digital Rights in Sierra Leone,’ is the twelfth in a series produced by the Media
Reform Coordinating Group (MRCG). It is a component of a project titled, “Enhancing Press Freedom
and Media Reforms”, supported by the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in the United States
of America. The Report which covers the period December 2023 to May 2024, is the outcome of the
monitoring of the exercise and legal guarantees of freedom of expression and of the press, and internet
freedom and digital rights issues in Sierra Leone, including invitations, intimidations, attacks, assaults,
arrests, detentions and prosecution of journalists and other citizens; and also tracks media performance.