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Censored
September 6
Torchlight, CENSORED
Minister of Information George Banda Thomas banned Torchlight, a new independent newspaper that was to come out twice a week, on the same day the first issue was published. The newspaper, sponsored by the opposition United National People's Party (UNPP), was banned on the grounds that its first issue contained uncomplimentary articles about President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah. Thomas retracted the ban the same day and gave Torchlight permission to publish until after an upcoming government review of proposed changes to the press law.
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