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Constitutional Rights Project and Civil Liberties Organisation v Nigeria (African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights)

Geographic relevance: Africa

Language: English

Data type: Legal citations

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The ACmHPR found that holding journalists in custody for 3 years without charges amounted to a clear arbitrary detention and grave violation of the right to liberty in Article 6 of the African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights.

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