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LPP Capitol Hill Protest Dec. 14th, Party Says Lewis Brown has No Credibility

December 7, 2022December 7, 2022 admin2Liberia, LPP, Protest0 comment

By Joseph Tumbey Monrovia, the Liberian People’s Party, [LPP] has announced December 14th, 2022, as the Party’s activism day under the theme: “Mass People’s Action to Rescue the State” requesting the Weah-led administration to end hardship. The Chairperson of the Party Mr. J. Yanqui Zayzay has also questioned the ability of the opposition CPP and Alexander B. Cummings through, Mr. Lewis Brown to organize a protest or question anyone for Corruption or human rights violations in the country. Speaking with the media at their headquarters in Monrovia on Wednesday, December…

About a day ago, the 15th President of the University of Liberia was inaugurated in a historic ceremony held at the Fendall Campus. Dr. Julius Julukon Sarwolo Nelson seems ready to efficaciously pilot this flight. As I sat keenly listening to Dr. Nelson outlining a number of reforms his administration is prepared to undertake, his power-packed inaugural address reawakened lost hope. His speech arouse resounding claps and cheers at different intervals. The tasks ahead are herculean but Dr. Nelson has promised to confront them through real vision and concrete action. Is UL en route to Renaissance?

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RE: SIM Rebuttal Statement to The Liberian Listener

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 admin2Liberia, Protest, SIM0 comment

The Editor, The STUDENT INTEGRATION MOVEMENT (SIM) secretariat brings you a warm revolutionary greeting. This letter is to inform your office of the action taken by your entity, “The LIBERIAN LISTENER.” The SIM recent document that was presented to you and edited by your staff did not meet the satisfaction of SIM! It can be recalled that SIM sent copies of its “PRESS STATEMENTS” on the 18th &…

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SIM Cautions UL Administration Regarding PROSA’s “Protest“ on August 24, 2022, after SUP announced its protest

August 24, 2022 admin2Liberia, Protest, SIM0 comment

For Immediate Release Dear President Nelson: A warm greeting comes to your office from the Pan Africanist Revolutionary Student Integration Movement (SIM) of the University of Liberia. This letter comes to remind you that since the 14YEARS CIVIL WARS in Liberia ended, Liberians have undergone challenges while building their lives and do not want to go back to war! Most Liberians currently frown on all forms of violence in Liberia, and they fear the occurrence of more violent acts, especially…

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Four Major developments occurring in Liberia since the July 26 FIXTHECOUNTRY Mass Protest

August 23, 2022August 23, 2022 admin2Liberia, Protest, SUP0 comment

Since the July 26 Violence- Impacts Weah denied CDC-COP Members of the gang group in CDC-COP are on trial for their criminal actions on July 26 against peaceful students Police Spokesman Moses Carter, Police Supervisor Goofrey Kollie et al have been suspended Police IG Patrick Sudue has a writ of arrest as a result of his refusal to adhere to the citation notice of the Independent National Human Rights Commission AMEU student president placed under probation and relived as president of the student government International and Diplomatic institutions in…

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APM Terminals must refrain from continuous labor abuse, activist warned

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 admin2Dock Workers, Liberia, Protest0 comment

Press Statement for Immediate Release Voices from Exile (VEx) stands in firm solidarity with protesting Liberian workers at NPA and frowns on APM Terminals for continuous Labor Abuse… For more than a week now, hundreds of aggrieved workers at the National Port Authority (NPA) have been protesting against bad labor practices. The chief culprit of these anti-labor precedents is APM Terminals. Voices from Exile (VEx), a pro-democracy and pro-rights advocacy platform, remain very concerned about this ongoing impasse at NPA. VEx stands in firm solidarity with Liberian workers and…

My Heart Bleeds For My Grieving Homeland, Liberia

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Liberia: Victims Of The Civil War & Civil Society Institutions To Protest May 18

May 3, 2021May 3, 2021 admin2Liberia, Protest, War Crimes Court0 comment

Staff Report The Justice Forum Liberia (JFL), several Liberians, victims of the Liberian civil war as well as civil society organizations in the country are expected to assemble at the capitol building on May 18, 2021, to pressurize the state authorities for the establishment of a war and economic crimes court in Liberia. Maxson S. Kpakio disclosed that the establishment of a war and economic crimes court will go a long way in helping to curtail the culture of impunity in Liberian society. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), which operated between 2006 and 2009, recommended creating…

SUP stands in solidarity with the Chairman of the Aggrieved Judicial workers of the Judiciary Branch of Government, Comrade-fighter Leroy Archie Ponpon; demands an Immediate Justice for Cde. Leroy Archie Ponpon; condemns the inhumane attitude of Chief Justice Francis Korkpor; calls on the Government of George Weah to pay the Aggrieved Judiciary Staffers, the Aggrieved Legislative Staffers, and all Civil servants immediately.

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SUP stands in solidarity with Chairman Ponpon of Aggrieved Judicial workers

November 17, 2020November 17, 2020 admin2Archie ponpon, Liberia, Protest, SUP0 comment

PRESS STATEMENT SUP stands in solidarity with the Chairman of the Aggrieved Judicial workers of the Judiciary Branch of Government, Comrade-fighter Leroy Archie Ponpon; demands an Immediate Justice for Cde. Leroy Archie Ponpon; condemns the inhumane attitude of Chief Justice Francis Korkpor; calls on the Government of George Weah to pay the Aggrieved Judiciary Staffers, the Aggrieved Legislative Staffers, and all Civil servants immediately. Comrades, compeers, and commandos. Cadres, militants, and stalwarts of Africa’s oldest mass-based student political movement- SUP. Ideological defenders and Crusaders of social justice,…

In Liberia, just as in many African countries, it is customary for street vendors to sell food prepared with safe fire-grill or charcoal-pots on various public street side-walks. This has never been considered as a violation of any public or city ordinance. It is in similar light that some protesters outside the capitol building had begun preparing food and snacks, when armed police forcefully disperse the protesters with tear gas and high power water cannons. Several protesters were wounded, including women and children who were bystanders.

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The NDC Requests Investigation of Police Brutality Against Peaceful Protestors

January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 admin2Brutality, Liberia, Protest0 comment

Press Release Statement of the NDC on Government Attack of Peaceful Protesters on January 6, 2020 and Monrovia, January 8, 2020 — The National Democratic Coalition of Liberia (NDC), Liberia’s social democratic political formation, is deeply concerned about the excessive use of force by the Liberian National Police on peaceful protesters on January 6, 2020. In this regard, the NDC strongly condemns the unprovoked attack on unarmed peaceful protesters during the January 6th National Demonstration against the massive corruption and economic hardship instituted by President George Weah’s government. This brutal…

CoP also referred to the intervention of Liberia’s international partners at this 11th hour as “an intrusion” into the internal affairs of the state. “We do not object to intervention or intrusion, as much as we feel they are getting too much involved in our domestic affairs — that’s not necessarily a bad thing. But we hope that same level of intrusion will be made when it comes to the US$25 million [infusion]; that same level of intrusion will be made when it comes to other bread-and-butter issues like the L$16 billion; that same level of intrusion will be made when it comes to the attacks on Honorable Yekeh Kolubah, Senator Dillon, or Henry Costa or Mo Ali…”

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CoP declares January 6, D-Day: Showdown with Weah govt. over rights to protest

January 3, 2020 admin2CoP, Liberia, Protest0 comment

Monrovia – The Council of Patriots (COP), through its Chairman, Henry Costa has termed as ‘undemocratic and unconstitutional’ the proposing of separate dates by the Government of Liberia (GOL) and Ambassadors of the United States, European Union, United Nations and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the holding of its ‘peaceful assembly’ in the country. The Liberian government, through the Ministry of Justice previously vowed not to issue permit to citizens to stage protests until January 30. But following the intervention of Liberia’s international partners,…

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CoP chides foreign intrusion in Liberia’s internal affairs, will not assemble in stadium

December 30, 2019 admin2CoP, Liberia, Protest0 comment

Monrovia, Liberian Observer—In response to the 11th hour intervention by the Liberia’s foreign partners, calling for a change of date and venue for the protest that was scheduled for today, December 30, 2019, the Council of Patriots (CoP) has announced their provisional compliance with the postponement of the protest. However, the organizers have emphatically stated that the Government of Liberia’s proposed new date and venue — Sunday, January 5, 2020 at the Antoinette Tubman Stadium — are unacceptable. Below are highlights of the CoP press conference, held today…