Nigeria Police Charge 4 Journalists with Cybercrimes for Corruption Reporting

Cybercrime laws and other regulations governing online content have been widely used to jail journalists around the world.

CPJ had warned that February’s amendments to the law, which followed years of advocacy by human rights groups and CPJ, still left journalists at risk of prosecution due to an overly broad definition of what is a criminal offense. Since the law was reformed, it has been used to summon, intimidate, and detain journalists for their work.

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