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Policemen are seen at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia, Liberia, on December 7, 2017. Journalists from local radio station Roots FM were recently sued for $500,000 in a civil defamation suit by the Liberian minister of state for presidential affairs. (Reuters/James Giahyue)

Radio station and show hosts sued for defamation in Liberia

May 1, 2019 4:25 PM EDT

Cape Town, May 1, 2019 — The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed concern over a $500,000 civil defamation lawsuit filed against the Roots 102.7 FM radio station and two of its hosts by the Liberian minister of state for presidential affairs, Nathaniel McGill.