#IFJBlog: Urgent appeal for charges to be dropped as senior Samoan journalist heads back to court in criminal libel case / IFJ

Samoa’s media community is watching closely as senior journalist and JAWS president Lagi Keresoma heads back to court this week on criminal libel charges. The IFJ says the case is a serious threat to press freedom and an alarming use of defamation laws against public interest journalism, writes Philippa McDonald.