Fears for safety of students in Liberia

Amnnesty International has voiced concern about the safety of student protesters detained by security officers after a raid on the University of Liberia in Monrovia in March.

Dozens of students were reportedly whipped and beaten and women students were stripped naked after the special operation division, a unit of the security forces, brought to a halt a peaceful demonstration in support of four imprisoned journalists. The journalists, who worked for the Liberian newspaper The News, were detained and charged with espionage after publishing an article criticising the government's spending on spare …