MONROVIA, April 29 -- The Chairman of the CDC-Council of Patriots (CDC-COP), Foday N. Massaquoi, has issued a strongly worded statement after released from detention at the headquarters of the Liberia National Police, alleging unlawful arrest, police brutality, and what he described as a broader erosion of democracy under the administration of President Joseph Nyuma Boakai.

By Webster Clayeh

In the statement dated April 26, Massaquoi recounted his experience following the April 14 "March for Jobs and Justice," while calling for international intervention, including from the United States.

"Fellow countrymen, hardworking professional journalists, our supportive brethren in the diaspora, and patriotic Liberians: I bring you sorrowful gre...