Police fired teargas and threw stones at a crowd gathered near a court in the Liberian capital Monrovia on Monday to demand the release of a political activist charged with sedition, a Reuters witness said.
Police fire tear gas at supporters of anti-govt activist
Street violence is rare in the West African country which has enjoyed a period of stability and democracy since the end of a civil war in 2003.
Liberian President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
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