Commentary

While the failure of the Government to fulfill the ICCPR requirement of notification may not explain some of the excesses of the State functionaries in the enforcement of the SOE (INCHR press statement 28 April 2020), there are growing…
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The author, former Foreign Minister Augustine Kpehe Ngafuan Introduction On Wednesday, April 8, 2020, President George M. Weah declared a 21-day State of Emergency (SOE) along with a two-week partial lockdown of Montserrado and…
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The author, Johnny Baryougar White Again, the curtain rises and the floodlight dances across the stage revealing characters and scenes that the author has summoned for his plot. The audience continue to play their role, watching on.…
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The author Jerry Tarbolo, Jr. In his speech posted April 15, 2002, Cllr. Tiawan S. Gongloe, indicated the role of civil society in promoting peace and development in the MRU space, (http://www.theperspective.org/gongloemruspeech.html).…
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The Editor, Who is and who  is not a "First Clsss Citizen" of Liberia? Once you are not a First Class Citizen then what are the other categories of citizenship and what determines how you belong to the other classes?  How does one…
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The Editor, Associate Justice Nagbe is our respected Justice of the Supreme Court. He should be interpreting the laws of the Nation. He should be telling Police Officers who set him up to break the law that they are wrong. …
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The author, Jerry Tarbolo, Jr. Many academics that I spoke with had limited faith in the possibility of an “Africa Unity”, in fact to many; African Unity is an illusion that may never be realized. One of the simple reasons for such an…
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Is Freedom of Speech Suspended in Liberia? No. This seems like a simple enough answer. However, the simplicity shields a delicate constitutional dance of power which is anything but simple.
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Jusu Gow, [email protected], Contributing Writer Forty years ago, when a gang of greed-stricken uneducated soldiers murdered a 66-year-old senior citizen at Liberia’s Executive Mansion, they simultaneously killed visions intended to…
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The Liberian National Police has gone through some very difficult times over the years before and after the civil war. I wish to address policing in general in our Liberia. I would also address policing in the rest of Africa but first,…
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