Chris Anyanwu
Nigerian journalist and senator imprisoned for reporting on a coup.
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She was imprisoned in 1995 for publishing articles about an alleged coup plot against General Sani Abacha.[1][2]
Life and work
On May 31, 1995, she was arrested for publishing articles reporting no evidence of an alleged coup plot.[1] She was tried by a secret military tribunal and sentenced to life imprisonment, later reduced to 15 years.[1][2] While imprisoned, she went partially blind and doctors warned she could lose her sight completely without medical attention.[2][3] She was released in June 1998 on health grounds after the death of President Abacha.[4]
In 2007 she was elected to the Senate on the People's Democratic Party platform.[5] Following her release, she authored "Days of Terror", a book describing Nigeria's experience under dictatorship.[4][6]
What the cited sources add
The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that three other journalists were tried and sentenced with Anyanwu on the same charges.[1] According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, The Sunday Magazine, which Anyanwu started in 1990, stopped publication after she was arrested.[1] The Committee to Protect Journalists reports that Anyanwu and another journalist were moved to a prison in Bama, northeastern Nigeria, which is known for its poor conditions.[1]
References
- "Christine Anyanwu", Committee to Protect Journalists, 27 August 2012. facts only, no text reused. cpj.org
- Wikipedia, "Chris Anyanwu" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Simpson, "Fifteen Years of Courage: Chris Anyanwu", International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF); Anyanwu, Chris Ngozi., "The days of terror : a journalist's eye-witness account of Nigeria in the hands of its worst tyrant", Spectrum Books, 2002 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Chris Anyanwu" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Christine Anyanwu", Committee to Protect Journalists, 27 August 2012 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Chris Anyanwu" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Simpson, "Fifteen Years of Courage: Chris Anyanwu", International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Chris Anyanwu" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "2007 senatorial campaign web site", chrisanyanwu.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Open Library record, ISBN 9780293272 ("The Days of Terror"). CC0 (metadata); book content not read. openlibrary.org
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- Wikipedia: Chris Anyanwu (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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