Amnesty International (AI) condemned Nigerian authorities’ restriction of the number of journalists that can report the trial of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, which started on Monday in Abuja.
The International Human Rights group said selecting few journalists to cover the trial is a restriction on access to information and an attempt to deny people the right to know. It also violates all fair hearing guarantees, the group said.
The group called on the Nigerian authorities to respect the right to fair hearing and immediately lift the restriction and allow the media unhindered access to the court to do their job.
According to AI, the selecting few journalists to cover the trial is yet another bizarre and unacceptable attack on the Nigerian media that must not stand.
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