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SLAJ Calls on Police and Politicians to Respect Media Freedom

Sierra Leone Association of Journalists 1st Floor, 56 Campbell Street, Freetown, Sierra Leone P.M.B. 724, Website: www.slajsl.org; Email: slaj.salone@gmail.com President:+232 76 470288 / +232 30 470288, Secretary-General:+232 78 445300 __________________________________________ PRESS RELEASE Freetown: 13th November, 2019 The Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ) is pleased to officially inform its membership and the general public that the journalist who was detained on Monday, 11th November 2019, by the Sierra Leone Police has been released on bail through the intervention of the Association and the Ministry of Information and Communications. The journalist, Salieu Tejan Jalloh, Manging Editor of The Times SL Newspaper, spent almost 24 hours in detention at the Criminal Investigations Department without any official charge or reason for his arrest. While his release was our priority as we engaged with the Police throughout yesterday (Tuesday, 12th November, 2019), ...