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Statement by President of SLAJ, Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, at the official launch of SLAJ @ 50 Date: Saturday, 6th February, 2021 Venue: Harry Yansaneh Memorial Hall, SLAJ Headquarters, 56 Campbell Street, Freetown IT’S A JOURNEY Salutations HOW FAR SLAJ HAS COME Some 50 years ago brave men and women came together and found an association that will serve as a torch for not only a profession that is called journalism but for society at large. At a time when the country had just introduced the one-party and critical voices were almost silenced and a law that was like an albatross on the neck of journalists had been introduced to silence a beautiful profession that comforts the afflicted, our SLAJ was born. TRIBUTE TO THE FOUNDING FATHERS AND FALLEN HEROES Mr Chairman, permit me to pay glowing tributes to our icons, ie our founding fathers and mothers some of whom are still around. These heroes and heroines deserve a special place in our association's history book. They laid a foundation t...