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Unidentified assailants shoot dead a Nigerian editor

January 15, 2013 4:50 PM EST

Abuja, Nigeria, January 15, 2013–Nigerian authorities should determine the motive behind the murder of an editor on Saturday and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Nigerian journalists freed, but equipment still held

January 2, 2013 2:48 PM EST

New York, January 2, 2013–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Nigeria’s State Security Service (SSS) to return laptops and cell phones confiscated from two journalists who were illegally detained for more than a week without charge.