March 9, 2020) – Members of the Press Union of Liberia (PUL) have unanimously agreed on a four-count resolution to address the increasing wave of attacks against journalists in Liberia.
The four counts include a peaceful assembly this Thursday to call the attention of government and the international community to the unabated wave of attacks against Journalists in Liberia.
The meeting attended by over hundred members of the Union and Auxiliary organizations also agreed to prepare a legal team and investigators for immediate investigation and legal actions against perpetrators of brutality against journalists.
The highest decision making body of the Press Union of Liberia also mandated the Union’s Leadership to be opened to a dialogue with the government and any security-media dialogue to end brutalization of journalists and media workers.
The Union members also mandated the leadership to allow the EPS continue its ongoing investigation on the brutality meted against the media.
The members of the Union further alarmed over the continued brutality, incarceration and intimidation of Journalists.
All Journalists are called to assemble at the Union’s office on Thursday, March 12, 2020 beginning 8am in their White T-Shirts and Blue Jeans for the peaceful assembly.
The petitions will be delivered to the Legislature, Executive Mansion, United States Embassy, European Union, United Nations, Ecowas and Embassy of the United Kingdom to inform them about the attacks against Liberian journalists.