29 June 2006

Alert

Two journalists, awaiting trial for "sedition", released on bail


Incident details

Rotimi Durojaiye, Mike Gbenga Aruleba

journalist(s)

released

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(RSF/IFEX) - On 29 June 2006, the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the release on bail of Rotimi Durojaiye, aeronautics correspondent of the privately-owned "Daily Independent", and of Mike Gbenga Aruleba, presenter of a political programme on privately-owned Africa Independent Television (AIT).

The trial of the two journalists on a charge of "sedition" under a law which several Nigerian jurists have called a "dead-letter" since 1983, has been fixed for 27 July.

"We repeat our demand for the dropping of this case, which is not only illegal but groundless," said Reporters Without Borders.



Source:

Reporters Without Borders
47, rue Vivienne
75002 Paris
France
rsf (@) rsf.org
Phone: +33 1 44 83 84 84
Fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51
 

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