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It is also an irony that @TheICIR
story indicts the former police boss of wrongdoing against the police but he is using the same police and related agencies to hound @TheICIR and its reporter. What a shame!!! This is #SLAPP and we will #SLAPPThemBack
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Aside from the organisations sued, five organisations were threatened by the police and state actors within the same month in view. However, only two had the capacity to defend themselves.
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@dayoaiyetan @AyisatAbiona @wikkitimes @CJIDAfrica @InibeheEffiong @fisayosoyombo
"Journalists and activists increasingly face legal threats in West Africa" @dayoaiyetan
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@wikkitimes @NEDemocracy @MRA_Nigeria @InibeheEffiong @fisayosoyombo @gijnAfrica @CJIDAfrica
"In Nigeria, from the days of the military, journalists, advocates, and activists have had to contend with attacks and all kinds of repressions, even death" @dayoaiyetan
#SLAPPThemback #SLAPP @InibeheEffiong @wikkitimes @haruna_babale @fisayosoyombo
Some posers for journalists, media houses, and civil society groups by @dayoaiyetan, the Executive Director of the International Centre for Investigative Reporting, from our June 6 Twitter Space discussion on #SLAPPThemBack: Examining the Dangers of Frivolous Lawsuits Targeted at Dissenting Voices!
"More than 21 journalists in Nigeria now, over the years, have been killed, and nobody has been held accountable for their killings" @busola_ajibola
#SLAPPThemback #SLAPP @dayoaiyetan @InibeheEffiong @wikkitimes @haruna_babale
"SLAPP is watering down journalism, powering down journalists" @busola_ajibola
Listen to the #SLAPPThemback conversation here: https://t.co/pHiVDXLx0B
@CJIDAfrica @dayoaiyetan @InibeheEffiong @haruna_babale
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"I think the media and CSOs need to put forward a legislative proposal that is aimed at stamping out" #SLAPP @busola_ajibola
#SLAPPThemback @CJIDAfrica @dayoaiyetan @AyisatAbiona @InibeheEffiong @MRA_Nigeria
Some posers for journalists, media houses, and civil society groups by @busola_ajibola, the Deputy Director of the Journalism Program, @CJIDAfrica, from our June 6 Twitter Space discussion on #SLAPPThemBack: Examining the Dangers of Frivolous Lawsuits Targeted at Dissenting Voices!
@dayoaiyetan @InibeheEffiong
⚖ Did you know that 40 organisations have been sued for reporting or advocating about issues of public concern in the last 12 months, according to a survey conducted by #TheICIR on Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation in Nigeria.
#SLAPP #SlappThemBack
As in other parts of the world, in Nigeria, #jounalists #advocates & #activists are increasingly being #SLAPPed with frivolous lawsuits. Defenders of the #CivicSpace need to rally round and fight this threat. TOGETHER.
#SLAPPThemBack @ReportersShield @CPJAfrica @gijnAfrica
⚖ Did you know that 40 organisations have been sued for reporting or advocating about issues of public concern in the last 12 months, according to a survey conducted by #TheICIR on Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation in Nigeria.
Read here, 40 Nigerian organisations slammed with frivolous lawsuits in one year: https://t.co/Y33WPDuVYD
#SLAPP #SlappThemBack #PressFreedom @dayoaiyetan @InibeheEffiong
A survey conducted by The ICIR on Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation in Nigeria has revealed that 40 organisations have been sued for reporting or advocating about issues of public concern in the last 12 months.
Read more: https://t.co/efG8B6ykcR
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In case you missed the #SLAPPThemback discussion, click the link below to listen👇👇
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#SLAPP @dayoaiyetan
Some posers for journalists, media houses, and civil society groups by @fisayosoyombo of @fijnigeria from our last week's Twitter Space discussion on #SLAPPThemBack: Examining the Dangers of Frivolous Lawsuits Targeted at Dissenting Voices!
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Here is the recording of our Examining the Dangers of Frivolous Lawsuits Targeted at Dissenting Voices Twitter Space," which we held last Tuesday.
In case you missed it, you can catch up on all the insightful discussions on Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (#SLAPP) in Nigeria.
Thank you to everyone who joined us.
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According to the @CPJAfrica database, at least 33 journalists have been jailed, while 12 journalists have been killed between 1992 and 2023 despite the proclamation of press freedom in 1993.
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On the day this event on #SLAPP held, a first gen bank threatened @TheICIR with a lawsuit for reporting a court case.
Well, first generation bank, we'll not be intimidated by you. We'll call you out.
#SLAPPThemBack
@busola_ajibola
@InibeheEffiong
@fisayosoyombo @haruna_babale
@InibeheEffiong thank you for your insightful contributions at @TheICIR's Twitter Space event on #SLAPP today. And thank you for all that you in defense of the civic space in Nigeria.
#SLAPPThemBack
#JournalismIsNotACrime
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