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Nigerian government blocked from prosecuting Twitter users


Nigerian government blocked from prosecuting Twitter users
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A protester wears a mask during an anti-government protest against bad governance and insecurity, as well as the Twitter ban, in the Ojota district of Lagos, Nigeria, 12 June 2021, Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images
The ECOWAS Court of Justice rules in favour of citizens by restraining Nigeria s Federal Government from prosecuting Twitter users.
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 22 June 2021.
The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the ruling by the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja on June 22, 2021, in which it “restrained the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and its agents from unlawfully imposing sanctions or doing anything whatsoever to harass, intimidate, arrest or prosecute Twitter and/or any other social media service provider(s), media houses, radio and television broadcast stat ....

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Fighting impunity: MFWA salutes court verdict declaring Nigeria Twitter ban unlawful – Africa News Wire


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The Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) welcomes the ruling by the ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja on June 22, 2021, in which it “restrained the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and its agents from unlawfully imposing sanctions or doing anything whatsoever to harass, intimidate, arrest or prosecute Twitter and/or any other social media service provider(s), media houses, radio and television broadcast stations, the Plaintiffs and other Nigerians who are Twitter users, pending the hearing and determination of this suit.”
The ruling followed a suit filed against the government by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and 176 concerned Nigerians arguing that “the unlawful suspension of Twitter in Nigeria, criminalization of Nigerians and other people using Twitter have escalated repression of human rights and unlawfully restricted th ....

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WAMELA Threatens Legal Action against FG, NBC over Channels TV Suspension


By Alex Enumah
The West Africa Media Lawyers Association (WAMELA) has threatened to drag the federal government and the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to court if they refuse to reverse the suspension of Channels Television.
WAMELA, in a statement to journalists on Tuesday, said the government in addition should reverse the associated fines for being illegal, unconstitutional and an attempt to control the Nigerian media.
The NBC had on Monday suspended Channels TV with a N5 million fine over its 7pm live broadcast programme of Sunday, April 25, 2021, where the TV station spoke with one Emma Powerful, the spokesman for the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). ....

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