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This isn’t about Melvin; it’s about power, press freedom and democracy

Journalist Melvin Mansaray and the Rt. Hon. Speaker of Parliament, Segepoh Solomon Thomas.

In January 2025, the Speaker of Parliament, the Honourable Segepoh Thomas, banned journalist Melvin Mansaray from the Parliament precincts. The ban was immediate and indefinite. One year on, Mansaray, a parliamentary reporter and an outspoken critic of public institutions and officials, has not set foot on parliamentary grounds. What really happened? Mansaray was accused of […]