NUJ demands end to attacks on journalists

The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, has called connected the Federal Government and information agencies to extremity attacks connected journalists successful the country.

The telephone was contained successful a connection issued by NUJ President, Alhassan Yahya, to people the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, observed connected November 2nd.

Yahya expressed interest implicit the continued cases of intimidation, arbitrary arrests, carnal assaults, cyberbullying and different forms of unit targeted astatine journalists portion carrying retired their morganatic duties.

"Failure to prosecute those liable for specified attacks poses a superior menace to property freedom, undermines the regularisation of instrumentality and weakens antiauthoritarian governance," helium said.

The national urged information agencies to respect the law relation of journalists and to spot the media arsenic partners successful promoting accountability and democracy.

It besides called connected authorities institutions, media organisations, civilian nine groups and planetary partners to collaborate successful putting successful spot effectual information mechanisms and exigency enactment systems for journalists, particularly those operating successful high-risk areas.

The NUJ reaffirmed its committedness to defending property state and ensuring the extortion of media professionals, insisting that nary writer should person to hazard their safety, state oregon beingness for reporti...