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RIGHT TO SELF EXPRESSION

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

Press FREEDOM Under Attack: Nigerian Epoch Times Journalist, LUKA BINNIYAT Handcuffed, Brutalised…