Monrovia, Feb. 17 -- Martin K. N. Kollie, a Liberian activist currently living in exile, has criticized last week's sentencing of popular podcaster Justine Oldpa Yeazeahn, popularly known as Prophet Key, describing the ruling as a violation of due process and an act driven more by revenge than justice.

Kollie made it clear that he does not support vulgar or offensive speech in Liberian society. He described the style of expression often associated with Prophet Key as un African, un Liberian, uncultured, and unacceptable. According to him, such language should be condemned without hesitation.

However, he stressed that condemning speech must not replace adherence to the rule of law.

Kollie argued that the decision of the Supreme Court of...