Liberian police assault editor Christopher Walker at soccer tournament

On January 23, 2020, officers of the Liberia National Police assaulted Christopher Walker, the sports editor of the privately owned daily newspaper FrontPage Africa, during the semi-final of a national soccer tournament at the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sport Stadium in Monrovia, the capital, according to Walker, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app, local news reports, and a statement by the Press Union of Liberia, an independent organization for media professionals in the country.