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Content related to Nigeria

Attacked, threatened and criminalised: LGBTI freedom of speech in Nigeria

Jude Dibia explores the criminalisation and violence faced by the LGBTI community after the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act.

For all that is changing, free speech is still ‘under siege’ in Nigeria

Bill Snaddon discusses political reform in Nigeria and the prosecution of the killers of Nigerian writers and journalists.

Why ramp up internet surveillance in Nigeria?

The Nigerian government is rumoured to have sealed a $40m dollar contract for internet surveillance technology. There is no clear justification for this “secret” deal, and no assurance that the technology would be used fairly, given Nigeria’s lack of established rights for citizen privacy. By Nwachukwu Egbunike and Dominic Burbidge.

Africa: media and free speech

“People in Africa don’t have the freedom to speak freely and hold governments accountable,” says Nqobile Sibisi of Highway Africa’s Future Journalists Programme.

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