New York — Nigerian authorities should drop all charges against Luka Binniyat and release the journalist from jail immediately, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
A judge ordered the journalist to be detained on charges of "breach of public peace" and false reporting over an article he wrote for the daily, Vanguard, according to court documents seen by CPJ.
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