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Nigeria: Government launches attack against bloggers

Sunday, June 21st, 2009 @ 10:39 UTC

by Ndesanjo Macha

Countries:: Nigeria
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Media
Languages:: English

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Sokari Ekine writes about the plan by the Nigerian government to launch attacks against bloggers and online news media such as Sahara Reporter.

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