Liberia, Sierra Leone Face Renewed Scrutiny Over ‘Crackdowns On Dissent’ Following Lawmaker’s Expulsion, Activist Sentencing

Monrovia/Freetown — As Liberia and Sierra Leone continue their fragile recovery from years of civil conflict, a series of high-profile prosecutions and disciplinary actions in both countries is raising alarm among civil society groups and regional observers about a possible rollback of free speech and political dissent.

In Liberia, the recent expulsion of Representative Yekeh Kolubah, the six-month imprisonment of social media influencer Justine Oldpa Yeazeahn, widely known as Prophet Key, and…