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Contribution to the 17th session of the Working Group of the Universal Periodic Review Submission on Nigeria
PEN International, PEN Nigeria, Committee to Protect Journalists, and the International Publishers Association welcome the opportunity provided by the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights to comment on the climate for free expression and human rights in Nigeria.
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Predators of Freedom of Information 2012: Nigeria
Boko Haram Islamist militia behind two car bomb attacks on newspapers in 2011
11 May 1998
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Journalist attacked
(IFEX's partner in Nigeria/IFEX) - On 8 May, Biodun Ogunleye, a
photojournalist for "Vanguard", was brutalized by security officers at the
Lagos State military administratorâs residence in Lagos. Ogunleye was on
assignment in Marina, Lagos Island to photograph the NICON building when he
was attacked by the officers and driven to the administratorâs residence.
Once there, the officers beat him severely, damaged his camera, and left him
unconscious in a pool of blood. Ogunleye regained consciousness about two
hours later and was rushed to hospital by sympathizers.
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