Press FREEDOM Under Attack: Nigerian Epoch Times Journalist, LUKA BINNIYAT Handcuffed, Brutalised for exposing Police non-challant genocide against Christians in Northern Kaduna State …arrested since November 4, arraigned under Section 24 (B) of the Cyber crimes Act with electronically transmitting information *The charge relates to Binniyat s story on October 29 titled, In Nigeria: Police Decry Massacres as Wicked But Make No Arrests where he quotes Senator Danjuma Laah, who criticized Kaduna s Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affair Samuel Aruwan for concealing facts on genocide * My life is in continuous danger daily since I have written a lot about the plight of Christians under persistent attacks in the hands of Islamist Fulani militia groups I have challenged the narratives of the Kaduna state government on the issues of security and the killings in Kaduna State -BINNIYAT * Nigerian authorities should cease all legal proceedings against journalist Luka Binniyat, release him immediately, and reform the country s laws to prevent the criminalization of journalism -Angela Quintal, Africa program coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists *BY TIMOTHY AKPAN/RELIGIOUS Editor, Middle-Belt Nigeria
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Press FREEDOM Under Attack: Nigerian Epoch Times Journalist, LUKA BINNIYAT Handcuffed, Brutalised for exposing Police non-challant genocide against Christians in Northern Kaduna State …arrested since November 4, arraigned under Section 24 (B) of the Cyber crimes Act with electronically transmitting information *The charge relates to Binniyat s story on October 29 titled, In Nigeria: Police Decry Massacres as Wicked But Make No Arrests where he quotes Senator Danjuma Laah, who criticized Kaduna s Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affair Samuel Aruwan for concealing facts on genocide * My life is in continuous danger daily since I have written a lot about the plight of Christians under persistent attacks in the hands of Islamist Fulani militia groups I have challenged the narratives of the Kaduna state government on the issues of security and the killings in Kaduna State -BINNIYAT * Nigerian authorities should cease all legal proceedings against journalist Luka Binniyat, release him immediately, and reform the country s laws to prevent the criminalization of journalism -Angela Quintal, Africa program coordinator for the Committee to Protect Journalists *BY TIMOTHY AKPAN/RELIGIOUS Editor, Middle-Belt Nigeria
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