Nigerian Journalist Arrested For News Report

Date of Occurrence

April 27, 2016
State/Country

Kaduna State, Nigeria

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Description

Police invited Jacob Onjenwu Dickson, a reporter for the news website Authentic News Daily, to the Kaduna State Police station on Thursday to discuss an April 27, 2016, news report . In the report, Dickson wrote and cited witnesses that said youths had pelted the state governor with rocks as he tried to broker a peace between residents of two adjacent neighbourhoods. Police arrested Dickson after questioning him at the station in the central Nigerian town of Kaduna on Friday, according to news reports.

Details

Date of Occurrence

2016-04-27
State/Country

Kaduna State
Perpetrator

The Police
Source

https://cpj.org/2016/05/nigerian-journalist-arrested-for-news-report.php

Location

Kaduna State, Nigeria

Region

North West

Rights & Freedom Violated

Press Freedom

Gender of Victim(s)

Mode of Attacks

Forced Disappearances, Unlawful Arrests and Detention

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