{"id":65220,"date":"2019-03-03T17:26:23","date_gmt":"2019-03-03T16:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=65220"},"modified":"2019-03-03T17:26:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-03T16:26:23","slug":"serap-drags-fg-states-to-ecowas-court-over-attacks-on-journalists-bloggers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/serap-drags-fg-states-to-ecowas-court-over-attacks-on-journalists-bloggers\/","title":{"rendered":"SERAP drags FG, states to ECOWAS Court over &#8216;attacks on journalists, bloggers&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m7837903694731228352\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">Federal Government and state governments to ECOWAS Court of Justice in<br \/>\nAbuja over \u201cthe frequent and repressive application of the Cybercrime Act<br \/>\nto harass, intimidate, arbitrarily arrest, detain, and unfairly prosecute<br \/>\nanyone found publishing views or facts perceived to be critical of the<br \/>\ngovernment at the federal and state levels and government officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the suit number ECW\/CCJ\/APP\/09\/19 filed last week at the ECOWAS Court,<br \/>\nSERAP is arguing that: \u201cThe Federal Government and several state<br \/>\ngovernments and their agents have trampled on the rights to freedom of<br \/>\nexpression and information of bloggers, journalists, activists, and social<br \/>\nmedia users through the repressive use and implementation of the vaguely<br \/>\nworded provisions of the Cybercrime Act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The suit filed on SERAP\u2019s behalf by its Solicitor Femi Falana, SAN states:<br \/>\n\u201cThe fundamental question for the court is whether the federal and state<br \/>\ngovernments, by using and applying the Cybercrime Act and other similar<br \/>\nlaws on cyberstalking and sedition to prosecute journalists, bloggers and<br \/>\nactivists over perceived critical views, violate the rights to freedom of<br \/>\nexpression and access to information. SERAP submits that, under<br \/>\ninternational freedom of expression jurisprudence, the answer is YES.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The suit read in part: \u201cThe idea of a democracy is that the people are<br \/>\nencouraged to express their criticisms, even their wrong-headed<br \/>\ncriticisms, of elected government officials, in the expectation that this<br \/>\nprocess will improve the process of government. In circumstances of public<br \/>\ndebate concerning public figures in the political domain and public<br \/>\ninstitutions, the value placed by legal principles and jurisprudence upon<br \/>\nuninhibited expression is particularly high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe systematic and persistent use of the Cybercrime Act and other similar<br \/>\nlaws on alleged cyberstalking to prosecute and imprison journalists,<br \/>\nbloggers and activists for their criticism of public officials runs afoul<br \/>\nof freedom of expression principles, namely: that criminal prosecutions<br \/>\nagainst journalists and bloggers is never an appropriate remedy for<br \/>\nalleged defamation of government officials, and that\u00a0 news reporting about<br \/>\ngovernment officials are matters of public interest, which should be<br \/>\naccorded heightened protection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSanctions for defamation should not be so large as to exert a chilling<br \/>\neffect on freedom of opinion, expression and media freedom; penal<br \/>\nsanctions, in particular imprisonment, should never be applied. This<br \/>\nimplies a free press and other media able to comment on public issues<br \/>\nwithout censorship or restraint and to inform public opinion. The public<br \/>\nalso has a corresponding right to receive output.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSection 24 of the Cybercrime Act which provides for the offence of<br \/>\ncyberstalking has been severally used and applied by the Defendant and its<br \/>\nagents and several state governments across the country in molesting,<br \/>\nintimidating, harassing and witch-hunting anyone found publishing views or<br \/>\nfacts deemed critical of government and\/or government officials.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vaguely worded offence of cyberstalking as stated in the Cybercrime<br \/>\nAct is accorded a wide interpretation that extends to factual and true<br \/>\nreports by activists, journalists, social media users and bloggers,<br \/>\nthereby leaving a chilling effect on the rights to freedom of expression<br \/>\nand information and media freedom and on citizens\u2019 participation in the<br \/>\nfight against corruption.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe abusive and repressive use of the vaguely worded provisions of the<br \/>\nCybercrime Act to stifle and muzzle perceived critics, journalists,<br \/>\nbloggers and other media practitioners is an affront and it is dangerous<br \/>\nto the rule of law and protection of the human rights of people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStories published online have been deemed \u2018offensive\u2019, \u2018obstructive\u2019,<br \/>\n\u2018insulting\u2019 or \u2018annoying\u2019 with actionable consequence under section 24 of<br \/>\nthe Act even when the stories are true, correct and factual. Some stories<br \/>\npublished through traditional media outlets (print and electronic) that<br \/>\nwere never sanctioned by the government have been sanctioned by the same<br \/>\ngovernment upon being republished through online platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSERAP chronologically highlights in this suit some of the high-profile<br \/>\ncases of harassment, intimidation, arrest, unlawful detention, prosecution<br \/>\nand imprisonment of journalists, bloggers, and activists for alleged<br \/>\ncyberstalking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>SERAP is seeking the following reliefs:<\/p>\n<p>1.A DECLARATION that the actions of the Defendants and its agents and<br \/>\nseveral states of Nigeria in arbitrarily enforcing the provisions of the<br \/>\nCybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act 2015 particularly its<br \/>\nsection 24 to harass, intimidate, arrest, detain, prosecute and imprison<br \/>\njournalists, bloggers, and social media users, violate the rights to<br \/>\nfreedom of expression, information, opinion and privacy and media freedom,<br \/>\nguaranteed under Articles 6,8,9 and 24 of the African Charter on Human and<br \/>\nPeoples\u2019 Rights; Articles 7,9,17 and 19 of the International Covenant on<br \/>\nCivil and Political Rights to which Nigeria is a state party<\/p>\n<p>2. A DECLARATION that the provisions of the Cybercrime (Prohibition<br \/>\nPrevention, etc) Act 2015 are entirely inconsistent and incompatible with<br \/>\ninternational human rights standards and infringe on the rights to the<br \/>\nfreedom of expression, information and opinion guaranteed under the<br \/>\nAfrican Charter on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights<\/p>\n<p>3. A DECLARATION that the continuing use and application by the Defendant<br \/>\nand its agents and several states in Nigeria of the Cybercrime is illegal<br \/>\nand unlawful, as it amounts to breaches of obligations to respect,<br \/>\nprotect, promote and fulfil the rights to freedom of expression and<br \/>\ninformation and media freedom<\/p>\n<p>4. AN ORDER directing the Defendant to immediately repeal and\/or amend the<br \/>\nCybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act 2015 in line with Nigerian<br \/>\nobligations under international human rights law<\/p>\n<p>5. AN ORDER directing the Defendant and\/or its agents and several states<br \/>\nof Nigeria to provide effective remedies and reparation, including<br \/>\nadequate compensation, restitution, satisfaction or guarantees of<br \/>\nnon-repetition that the Honourable Court may deem fit to grant to human<br \/>\nrights defenders, activists bloggers, journalists and other online and<br \/>\noff-line media practitioners that have been harassed, intimidated,<br \/>\nunlawfully arrested, detained, and unfairly prosecuted by the Defendant<\/p>\n<p>6. SUCH FURTHER orders the Honorable Court may deem fit to make in the<br \/>\ncircumstances of this suit.<\/p>\n<p>No date has been fixed for the hearing of the suit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m-1308106681996397587\" class=\"mail-message\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the Federal Government and state governments to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over \u201cthe frequent and repressive application of the Cybercrime&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60030,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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