Sierra Leone: Gorvernment urged to investigate police assault

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has called on the Sierra Leonean government to conduct an investigation into the assault by police on reporters by security personnel attached to the State House. “This is unacceptable police behavior that cannot be ignored,” said Gabriel Baglo, the Director of the IFJ Africa office. “We condemn this brutal and deliberate assault and call on the government to conduct an investigation to bring those responsible to justice and to make sure such an incident does not happen again.”