Introduction

A peaceful coexistence could only continue to flourish in a nation if there is security and equal justice to all its citizens. Denial of the people’s rights and distortion of justice could lead to inevitable conflict, hatred and animosity. Once again, I write to urge all Liberians to engage themselves as equal partners in forging a New Liberia that secures our identity and equality of rights. This article invites the youths and all patriotic Liberians to come forth and search for our common humanity to build a culture of tolerance amongst our people. It asserts that factors of our moral potentials could serve as common ground for reconciliation and a perpetual peace building among our people.

Media freedom across the world has continued to sustain severe threats on diverse fronts. On a daily basis, more and more journalists are being harassed, attacked, and killed, sued or jailed for their work. This problem has its prime root in that fact that more governments around the world are becoming increasingly repressive of free speech, despite constitutional provisions, which give the people the right to unfettered access to information by guaranteeing the freedoms of the press and of speech. Last year, UNESCO condemned the killing of 62 journalists who died as a result of their work.A recent report by Reporters Without Borders estimated that over the last year, at least one journalist was killed every five days.