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Sierra Leone journalist Mahmud Tim Kargbo charged over police reporting


Sierra Leone journalist Mahmud Tim Kargbo charged over police reporting
By Committee to Protect Journalists - Africa
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DEC 19, 2020
Police officers are seen in Freetown, Sierra Leone, on April 29, 2020. Authorities recently charged journalist Mahmud Tim Kargbo over his reporting. (Reuters/Cooper Inveen)
Abuja, December 18, 2020 Sierra Leone authorities should immediately drop all charges against journalist Mahmud Tim Kargbo and allow him to work freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
On December 4, a magistrate court in the capital, Freetown, charged Kargbo with sharing “insulting” and “scurrilous” information via Facebook and WhatsApp about the country’s assistant inspector-general of police, which allegedly caused the official’s “annoyance,” according to Kargbo, who spoke to CPJ in a phone interview, and a copy of the charge sheet, which CPJ reviewed. Authorities held Kargbo in the Pademba Road Prison for about ....

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