18 April 2008

Alert

Film crew, assistant released from unjustified detention


Incident details

Sandy Cioffi, Tammi Sims, Cliff Worsham, Sean Porter, Joel Bisina

other

released
(CPJ/IFEX) - The following is a 17 April 2008 CPJ press release:

NIGERIA: CPJ welcomes the release of U.S. documentary film crew

New York, April 17, 2008 - In response to news reports that four American documentary filmmakers and a Nigerian national were released yesterday evening after spending five days in state security custody in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, the Committee to Protect Journalists released the following statement:

"We are relieved that our colleagues were released," CPJ Africa Program Coordinator Tom Rhodes said. "They were held for no reason; the filmmakers entered the country legally on April 5. We call on Nigerian authorities to allow journalists to carry out their work in the volatile oil-producing Niger Delta region without harassment so they can report on this important political story."



Source

Committee to Protect Journalists
330 7th Ave., 11th Floor
New York, NY 10001
USA
info (@) cpj.org
Phone: +1 212 465 1004
Fax: +1 212 465 9568
 

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