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Attacks against journalists on the increase in 1996

Aug 22, 2010

Journalists around the world found themselves under increasing threats of both violent and legislative assaults in 1996, reports the Canadian Committee to Protect Journalists (CCPJ) in its annual report. Read more

Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka visits Canada to discuss ending military rule in Nigeria & raise funds for Radio Kudirat

Aug 22, 2010

Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka, the outspoken Nigerian author and human rights activist, will arrive in Canada this week to lecture on "Ending Military Rule in Nigeria". Professor Soyinka, author of "The Open Sore of a Continent: A Personal Narrative of the Nigerian Crisis", will lecture in Montreal, London, and Toronto at fundraising benefits for Radio Kudirat International (Nigeria), a pirate radio station broadcasting to Nigeria. Radio Kudirat began operating on June 12, 1996 as a voice of freedom and as an alternative to the propaganda of the Nigerian military dictatorship. Read more

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