Luka Binniyat, whose reporting of massacres in Kaduna State provoked the ire of authorities, has been released on bail after enduring nearly three months in a Nigerian prison. Binniyat told The Epoch Times he will face prosecutors on Feb. 28 on the charge of cyberstalking, which legal experts have called controversial. “The conditions in the…
Epoch Times Reporter in Nigeria Denied Bail as Defense Cries Foul Play
On Nov. 23 attorneys for embattled Nigerian reporter Luka Binniyat applied for bail a second time in court but were denied again, prompting his defense counsel to say that his client is being held without justification. “From all that transpired in court today, it is obvious that Luka Binniyat is being persecuted rather than being…
Pastor Tells Blinken Nigerian Christians Want Free Speech
In his first trip to Africa, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken pledged a new face of diplomacy to African countries while cutting the ribbon on a $2.1 billion assistance agreement with Nigeria. But a small-town Baptist preacher told him in a private meeting Nov. 19 that what persecuted Nigerian Christians want the most is free…
Nigerian Christians Want Free Speech, Pastor Tells Blinken
In his first trip to Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed a $2.1 billion assistance agreement with Nigeria to support health care, education, agriculture, and good governance. But a small-town Baptist preacher told him in a Nov. 19 private meeting that what persecuted Nigerian Christians want most is free speech. “Recently they have…
Rights Activists Petition Blinken to Help Free Nigerian Reporter
November 14, 2021
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On the 40th anniversary of the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, a sign-on petition to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken is calling for his help to free a Nigerian contributor to The Epoch Times. That day the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission is also holding an event to call attention to the arrest of journalists….
Rights Activists Petition Blinken to Help Free Epoch Times Reporter in Nigeria
November 14, 2021
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On Nov. 15, the 40th anniversary of the Day of the Imprisoned Writer, a petition to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is calling for his help to free a Nigerian contributor to The Epoch Times. The Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission also will hold an event to call attention to the arrest of journalists….
Douglas Burton on Arrest of Epoch Times Reporter Luka Binniyat and Mass Killings of Christians in Nigeria
“They charged the man in a court that doesn’t have authority to give him cash bail… So now he’s in the Kaduna prison, which is a very awful place to be.” One week ago, Epoch Times reporter Luka Binniyat was arrested in Nigeria, after extensively reporting on atrocities against Nigerian Christians. His most recent story…
Epoch Times Reporter Charged With Controversial ‘Cyberstalking’ Statute for His Reporting
Embattled Epoch Times reporter Luka Binniyat was charged with cyberstalking the head of Kaduna State Security Tuesday at his arraignment at the Barnawa Magistrate’s Court in Kaduna Nigeria. Human rights advocates say that cyberstalking is a charge often used in Nigeria to silence the press. Mr. Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna State’s Commissioner of State Security filed…
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