FREE SPEECH HAS LIMITS SAYS CLLR. GBALA AS SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA DEFENDS ITS CONTEMPT POWERS

FREE SPEECH HAS LIMITS SAYS CLLR. GBALA AS SUPREME COURT OF LIBERIA DEFENDS ITS CONTEMPT POWERS

MONROVIA – A growing national debate over the limits of free speech has taken center stage following the Supreme Court’s contempt ruling on Friday, February 13, 2026, against online talk show host Justin Oldpa Yeazen, widely known as Prophet Key. While critics argue that the ruling undermines Liberia’s commitment to free expression and recent decriminalization reforms, Cllr. Kanio Bai Gbala, Assistant Professor of Law at the Louis Arthur Grimes …

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February 15, 2026: Since the Supreme Court of Liberia rendered its decision sentencing Prophet Key to six months’ imprisonment for contempt of court, diverse views have been expressed across our country. Some have defended the ruling. Others have criticized it strongly. In a democracy, that diversity of opinion is healthy. As someone who teaches Constitutional Law, Human Rights Law, Criminal Law, and Law and Politics at the law schools in Liberi…