Jewel Howard-Taylor’s digital archives removed in Liberia
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The Liberian Investigator
The office of former Liberian Vice-President Jewel Howard-Taylor says posts and archives from her six years in office were removed from the vice-presidential office’s Facebook page. It has asked the authorities to identify who was responsible and restore the public documents, The Liberian Investigator reports.
The office of former Liberian Vice-President Jewel Howard-Taylor has asked the authorities to explain the removal of posts and audiovisual content from the official Facebook page of the Office of the Vice-President. It says these archives, covering her six years in office, were systematically removed, according to The Liberian Investigator.
The content documented her diplomatic engagements, international conferences, political initiatives and public service activities in particular. Jewel Howard-Taylor’s office has called for their restoration if the posts were merely hidden on Facebook and wants to know who authorised their removal and why.
Jewel Howard-Taylor was vice-president under George Weah from January 2018 to January 2024. She is also facing prosecution linked to an investigation into an alleged transnational cocaine trafficking network and obtained medical release under house arrest in September. Jewel Howard Taylor charged in a drug case in Liberia
