BREAKING: SERAPNigeria, Journalists' Group Sue MBuhari, Others, Say Gag Order On Reporting Of Terrorist Attacks Illegal | Sahara Reporters
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project and Centre for Journalism Innovation and Development have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari and Mr Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, over a new directive preventing broadcasters from reporting details of terrorist attacks.
SERAP and PTCIJ are also seeking “a declaration that sections 5.4.1[f] and 5.4.3 of the National Broadcasting Code and their application to the daily review of newspaper headlines by broadcast stations are inconsistent with sections 22 and 39 of the Nigerian Constitution, Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights”.
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