Major Boost for Free Expression as President Sirleaf Submits Anti-Criminal Libel Bill to Parliament

In a major act of statesmanship before leaving power at the end of the year, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia on July 20, 2017, submitted to Parliament a bill to decriminalize press offenses, particularly, libel.

Titled “An Act to Amend the Liberian Codes Revised, Penal Law of 1978,” the bill is expected to be considered by the legislature and passed…