Sierra Leone: World Movement Participant Receives 4-Year Prison Sentence in Sierra Leone

The World Movement for Democracy is gravely concerned wioth the conviction of World Movement for Democracy participant Paul Kamara, editor of the Sierra Leone paper For Di People. On October 5th, Mr. Kamara received a four years prison sentence for criminally libeling Sierra Leone President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah. Paul Kamara was also convicted of criminal libel and served a six month prison for defaming a judge in 2002. Both sentences have received strong criticism from international and local media groups such as the Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders and the Sierra Leone Associations of Journalists.