Gwamnatin tarayyar Nijeriya ta kira wa da jarida su yi amfani da ‘yancin jarida da alhakika, a lokacin da wasu kungiyoyi suka nuna damuwa game da karin karin tashin hankali kan ‘yancin jarida a kasar.
A cewar rahoton da aka fitar a ranar Talata, wanda ke nuna ranar kasa da kasa ta ‘yancin dan Adam, Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) da Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) sun nuna damuwa kan yadda gwamnati ke amfani da doka mai karfi don hana ‘yan jarida, masu suka, da kamfanonin watsa labarai.
Kolawole Oluwadare, Mataimakin Darakta na SERAP, da Dr. Iyobosa Uwugiaren, Sakatare Janar na NGE, sun bayyana cewa an samu karin karin hare-haren da ake kai wa ‘yan jarida. Sun ce, “Daga hare-haren jiki zuwa tsoratarwa, kama kulle da kurkura ba tare da hukunci ba, ‘yan jarida na Nijeriya suna fuskantar hatsarin karin yawa.”
Kungiyoyin biyu sun nuna misalai da dama, ciki har da kulle da ma’aikatan ICIR kan zargin cyberstalking, tsoratarwa da ‘yan sanda na ‘yan jarida na News Central TV a Legas, da hare-haren da ‘yan jarida na Channels Television a Kano na wadanda ba a san su ba.
SERAP da NGE sun kira gwamnatin tarayya ta shiga cikin hali ta kawo karshen kulle da ‘yan jarida da masu fafutuka, soke dokokin karfi, da tabbatar da ‘yancin hukumar kula da shari’a.
Shugaban NGE, Eze Anaba, ya sake nuna himmar gwamnatin ta kare doka, inda ya nuna damuwa kan kulle da lauyan kare hakkin dan Adam, Dele Farotimi a jihar Ekiti. “Ayyukan hawa ba kawai suna kai wa hakkin dan Adam ba, har wayau suna kawo misalin da zai hana sukar ra’ayi,” in ya ce.
