Need to rescue free expression in Sierra Leone from the grip of power and silence – Op ed

Need to rescue free expression in Sierra Leone from the grip of power and silence – Op ed

Mahmud Tim Kargbo: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 15 September 2025: In Sierra Leone, free speech is not a Western abstraction. It is a lived and dangerous aspiration, often bruised by the whims of the powerful and betrayed by the very institutions meant to protect it. At stake is not just the right to speak, but the right to know, to question, and to dissent in a society still battling the ghosts of authoritarianism, post-war trauma, and digital disin…