Associated Country Sierra Leone

Freedom in the World 2025: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone has held regular multiparty elections since the end of its civil war in 2002, though the results have sometimes been contested. Demonstrators and opposition parties have faced police violence and restrictions on assembly. Civic groups are constrained, and…

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone has taken notable steps toward media reform, including decriminalizing libel, yet challenges persist. Periodic harassment of journalists and political pressure on newsrooms reveal that the gains in openness remain delicate and reversible.