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,.. it kick against imprisonment ,tortured or intimidation .
A head of world international Press freedom day 3rd May 2023.
The Network of Peace Journalists on the Community Initiatives to Promote Peace (CIPP),a program with coordination from Interfaith Mediation Centre (IMC), and Conflict Mitigation and Management Regional Council (CMMRC)
has kick in totality against all forms of intimidation, molestation, tortured,or imprisonment of journalists round the world .
The Team leader of the network brahima yakubu made the statements to mark this year world international Press freedom day in kaduna.
According to him. Promoting the safety of journalists and combatting impunity for those who attack them are central actions within Network of peace journalists support for press freedom and freedom of expression world wide .
He mentioned that, in order to protect journalists, The network has suggested that there should be 24/7 hotlines, safe houses, safety fund, safety equipment, legal assistance, emergency assistance etc for journalists by their unions
While stressing that there should be continuous Training in Risk analysis and threat mitigating, first aid, secure communications, conflict sensitive journalism, media laws and code of conduct etc
He note that Journalists should be resilient, build support groups, raise alarm when threatened or intimidated, report incidents of attacks and seek legal redress for any violation of their individual and professional rights.
This year the international press freedom day comes amids of Russia /Ukraine war, Sudan crises claiming lives and properties , rising cases of banditry, kidnappings and terrorism in Nigeria and some parts of the world.
He equally advocate to take into account the specific risks women journalists face; hence the need for media owners and other stakeholders to support in raising awareness on the need for the protection of women journalists round the world.
He suggested that, there should be A global agreement between governments and media owners to guard journalists’ safety
“Safety of journalists is the ability for journalists and media professionals to receive, produce and share information without facing physical or moral threats.”
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He said Journalists around the world are increasingly being targeted ,molested, intimidated or killed for their work. But one thing to know is journalism is not a crime.”
The Group was created to strengthen commitments and to raise awareness on the responsibility of pen -guys to ensure a safe and enabling environment for Journalists and other media actors to work without undue interference or intimidation.
As part of our work to support the building of national safety mechanisms for journalists with buy-in from local, national and international partners when possible, our approach to safety for journalists combines specialist safety training with practical safety measures and advocacy for safer media working environments.
Among the training we dishes out to journalists include early sign and early warning to mitigate conflicts
Mean while, The network of Peace journalists has called on Nigeria Labour Congress [NLC] and Nigerian union of journalists (NUJ) to ensure that all the privately owned media organizations are paying journalists monthly salary
In a nutshell, the organization also kick against the recruitment of unspecialiased personal in broadcast houses in order to avert recruiting quacks in media organizations
