A new bill at the House of Representatives seeks to criminalize gender-based abuse on social media, proposing fines and possible jail time for offenders. The amendment to the Kamara Abdullah Kamara Act of Press Freedom of speech is now under legislative review. What could this mean for online expression in Liberia?

The Supreme Court has slammed the brakes on the Capitol Building arson trial after former Speaker J. Fonati Koffa and others challenged the judge’s decision to disband the jury. With all proceedings now frozen, attention shifts to the nation’s highest court as it weighs the fate of one of Liberia’s most closely watched cases.

Court records have contradicted online claims that a Nigerian pastor sodomized a 19-year-old Liberian boy to death, stating that a coroner’s examination found no physical signs of sexual assault and called for a full scientific autopsy to determine the actual cause of death.

Monrovia City Court has ordered the arrest of the CEO of St. Moses Funeral Parlor and two others over the alleged illegal exhumation and reburial of a woman’s remains without legal authorization. The case involves serious charges, including abuse of a corpse, conspiracy, and theft-related offenses.