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Journalists give horrible accounts of civil war |
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Written by Julius Kanubah
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Wednesday, 29 October 2008 |
 The second batch of Liberian journalists has given horrible accounts of how media practitioners were maltreated during the war.
The journalists spoke of the arrest, intimidation and even killing of media personnel by suppressive regimes and rebel forces.
Journalists Fanny Cole-Weefur, Stanton Peabody, Kenneth Best, Gabriel Williams and Robert Lormia said newsmen suffered the brunt of the war.
They spoke Tuesday at the ongoing thematic media hearing of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
During the hearing, Journalist Gabriel Williams broke down in tears as he recounted an attempt by a rebel to kill him.
The Deputy Information Minister said his life was spare by his partner who spoke the local Kpelle vernacular to the rebel commander.
Other journalists who also appeared before the TRC include Elizabeth Hoff, Aaron Kollie and Sheriff Adams.
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