Civil leaders in Liberia are protesting a presidential order to cremate people who die from the Ebola virus, saying it violates culture and tradition.Protests have stepped up as the Liberian government also has moved to restrict public gatherings, cancel midterm senatorial elections and confiscate private property to create government-run public cemeteries.
The actions are based on powers President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf invoked in August to combat the Ebola outbreak surging across West Africa.
Sirleaf’s order has resulted in the cremation of more than 1,000 Liberians from Monsterrado County alone, the region producing the bulk of the Ebola fatalities, according newspaper reports in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. ...
