Executive Summary
There were no significant changes in the human rights situation in Liberia
during the year.
Significant human rights issues included credible reports of: arbitrary or
unlawful killings, including extrajudicial killings; torture or cruel, inhuman, or
degrading treatment or punishment by the government or on behalf of the
government; harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; serious problems
with the independence of the judiciary; serious restrictions on freedom of
expression and media freedom, including violence or threats of violence
against journalists and censorship; serious government corruption;
extensive gender-based violence, including domestic or intimate partner
violence, sexual violence, and female genital mutilation/cutting; laws
criminalizing consensual same-sex conduct between adults, which were
enforced; crimes involving violence or threats of violence targeting lesbian,
gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or intersex persons; and systematic
restrictions on workers’ freedom of association.
The government did not take credible steps to identify and punish officials
who may have committed human rights abuses.