Therefore, lobbying for money for one media entity while another remains banned and others are terrorized is a hypocritical action that justifies the brute policies of an increasingly intolerant regime installed over 250,000 corpses with promises of democratization. As we launch a concerted campaign to internationally expose the Liberian Government's killing of the independent media, we must again warn that such strong-armed measures against the media and political opponents have failed in the past. They will fail again. But it is aftermath of policies instituted by dictators and political gangsters that we are concerned about. Zaire, Somalia, Uganda, are examples too recent to forget.
Silence is the best friend of the tyrant.
Hence, we request that these unjustified acts against media institutions must stop. Those who are bent on denouncing violence when it suits them must see reason to equally and honestly condemn state-sponsored violence. To remain silent on the prevailing terror waged against journalists who prefer to be different in the exercise of their rights is to back violence in the long run, for where democratization is discouraged, violence becomes the option. Mr. Taylor would do well to abandon the charade of being a democratically elected leader and instead rule by decree, which in fact is now the case.