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Bong – GBARNGA Nov. 1 (LINA) – Media entities and civil society organizations (CSOs) in Bong County concluded a joint meeting over the weekend during which they threatened to suspend all major programs in various County radio stations as of Monday, November 2. 2020.
The plan of actions of journalists and CSOs in that part of the country comes amid the death of a local journalist, Chris Davis, whose lifeless body was discovered last Thursday along the Gbarnga Lofa highway.
The media and county CSOs are demanding a speedy investigation into the death of Davis, whose body was discovered with injuries to his back. Eyewitnesses suggest that the journalist may have been shot and killed.
At the end of the meeting of media professionals and CSOs, the group agreed to the implementation of key actions, including the suspension of all major programs (news, talk shows, promotions, religious, phone calls, etc. ) beginning Monday, November 2, 2020. on all county community radio stations.
The organization, made up of heads of CSOs and the media, agreed that their action will begin with a series of broadcasts that will be broadcast on the 13 community radio stations active in the county to give an official statement of the journalists’ position on the death. Davis.
The broadcast, they say, will later be followed by the suspension of major programs on all radio stations in the county.
The group noted that if nothing is done to quickly investigate the death of their colleague within three days, the media will shut down completely and start a peaceful party (protest) in the heart of the city of Gbarnga.
Therefore, the Bong County media is urging the government to launch an urgent investigation into Davis’s death to bring justice not only to the grieving family, but to all journalists in the country.
Meanwhile, a team of doctors and the Liberian National Police (LNP) arrived in the county on Saturday to begin the investigation into the journalist’s death. The LNP team began its investigation by inspecting Davis’s remains, which are currently deposited at the St. Kennedy Funeral Home in Gbarnga.
The team subsequently proceeded to the crime scene, but said the findings could not be immediately released to the public until further investigation is conducted.
