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also said Nigerian journalists were attacked at least 160 times between 2018 and 2020.
“The consequences extend into the future because it then affects the journalist psychologically and impacts future stories.”Inibehe Effiong, a human rights lawyer, said there is a need for a judicial review of laws that repress journalism.He advised newsrooms to have their reports vetted by lawyers before publications to avoid falling victim to strategic lawsuits.
“Other than that, the only way would be to have parliaments review it, whether the political will — will be there, I don’t know, but it’s a law that needs to be reviewed because everything published under that section may be interpreted as a cybercrime for which journalists and media houses can be targeted,” Effiong said.
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