This complaint is actually less to obtain compensation for a defamation, than to prevent the journalist from being able to work and to scare him continuously. Investigative journalists are not necessarily aggressors of established power, but on the contrary they should be allies, especially since they help to clean up the public administration. So we urge the Nigerian authorities on two things: on the need to actually stop the harassment against Moussa Askar, also because he is subject to death threats, that they take all necessary measures to guarantee the journalist, otherwise they will be held responsible for what happens to him.
Boureima Ouedraogo, Secretary General of Cell Norbert Zongo for Investigative Journalism in West Africa
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