“This will not go unchallenged,' said Abimbola, Managing Partner of Slingstone LP, FIJ’s attorneys.

BREAKING: FIJ's Daniel Ojukwu Regains Freedom From Police Captivity After Protests fij.ng/article/breaki…

Activists are protesting in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, calling for the immediate release of FIJ's Daniel Ojukwu, who has been detained since May 1.

Surprisingly upon the arrival of the surety and a team of police officers who had earlier gone to verify the surety's residential and office addresses, a female investigating officer said that they had received a fresh order from above to revert to the initial bail condition of…

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Also, in March, Nigerian police summoned and questioned Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) board chairperson Bukky Shonibare over alleged cybercrime connected to the news site’s reporting, and sought to have her bring journalist 'Fisayo Soyombo into custody.

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Less than three months after #Nigeria reformed its Cybercrimes Act, the law is being used to justify the jailing of Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) reporter Daniel Ojukwu over a report about government spending.

CPJ calls for his immediate release: cpj.org/2024/05/nigeri…

🚨 #Darfur #Sudan : The RSF & allies carried out a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Massalit &other non-Arab populations in El Geneina.

👉🏿We are calling for urgent deployment of civilian protection mission.

Our new @HRW hrw.org/news/2024/05/0…

🚨 Sudan - Darfur: The Rapid Support Forces and their allies carried out war crimes and crimes against humanity as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Massalit people and other non-Arab populations in El Geneina. Our new @HRW report: hrw.org/news/2024/05/0…

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Tomorrow, May 9, we will peacefully march to the Force Headquarters in Abuja to demand Daniel Ojukwu's release.

Threat to one is threat to all!
Injury to one is injury to all!

Journalism is not cybercrime, and our civic space must be protected.

#FreeDanielOjukwu

At CPJ, we have documented the implications of the Israel-Gaza war on journalists for more than 7months; in this feature, we are explaining why it has become exponentially harder to confirm information about the conflict’s impact on Gaza’s media community
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#Nigeria : CPJ is alarmed by and investigating the ongoing detention of Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ) reporter Daniel Ojukwu, who was taken by police on May 1.

#JournalismIsNotACrime
#FreeDanielOjukwu

🚨The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the Israeli cabinet’s decision to shut down Al-Jazeera’s operations in Israel and warns that the vote could set a dangerous precedent for other international media outlets working in Israel. Our statement:

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Earlier this week, I sat down with West Africa Democracy Radio at their studio in Dakar to discuss Committee to Protect Journalists’s work and some of the challenges facing journalists across West Africa. #WPFD2024

Have a listen: wadr.org/global-journal…

TODAY, as we mark #WorldPressFreedomDay , journalists continue to face attack, jailing, and other censorship efforts across Sub Saharan Africa. But this could change.

This thread outlines actions that authorities in 10 countries can take to improve local press freedom.

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“What’s happening in #Sudan is insane. It’s insane and no one is talking about it.” - my CPJ MENA colleague speaking on one year of civil war in Sudan.

At least 14,000 are dead and millions are displaced. Please read:

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CPJ is relieved that the Palestinian journalist Ameer Abu Iram was released after 6 months in Israeli administrative detention.
CPJ calls on Israeli authorities to release other journalists imprisoned.
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Investigation: Israeli surveillance technology and spyware sold to Indonesia haaretz.com/israel-news/se… Omer Benjakob Amnesty Tech

In a year in which half the world’s population will head to the polls and amid heightened threats against the press, CPJ's newly expanded safety chatbot delivers crucial physical, digital, and psychosocial safety information directly into the hands of journalists whenever and…