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Rights Body Condemns Editor's Arrest Lagos By Oke Epia Media Rights Agenda (MRA), has condemned the arrest and continued detention of Mr Isaac Umunna, general editor of the London-based Africa Today Magazine by the State Security Service (SSS). According to a release signed by its Executive Director, Mr Edetaen Ojo, MRA described the arrest as "the latest in the series of attacks on the media," and called on the government to respect the rights of journalists to practice their profession freely. Umunna was reportedly arrested and detained on September 9, when he honoured a directive by the SSS, asking him to report at the Lagos State headquarters of the agency at Shangisha, in the outskirts of Lagos. It would also be recalled that men of the SSS recently raided the office of a Lagos-based magazine, Insider Weekly, carted away property and arrested some staff of the magazine. While calling for the immediate and unconditional release of Umunna, the rights body said: "intimidation and harassment of journalists violate the right to freedom of expression guaranteed by Section 39 of the 1999 Constitution, as well as a number of international human rights instruments to which Nigeria is a signatory, including Article 9 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights; Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights." Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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