Nigeria formally charges journalist Jones Abiri under anti-terror law
(World News Austria)

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists for media freedom, today welcomed the fact that Nigerian journalist Jones Abiri was finally brought before a court after two years of enforced disappearance, though it reiterated its call for Abiri`s release. Abiri, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the Weekly Source newspaper, was abducted from his office by Nigeria`s State Security Service (SSS) on July 21, 2016. Abiri was held for over two years in an SSS detention facility without charge and unable to communicate with his family or with a lawyer. Prior to Abiri`s arrest, the Weekly Source had published a story detailing an...