Centre cautions religious leaders on hate speeches
A Kano-based, NGO, Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has called on religious and community leaders to desists from making hate and dangerous speeches in the country. Mr Isah Garba, the CITAD Programme Manager, made the call while briefing newsmen in Kano on Saturday. He noted that religious and community leaders have important roles […]
CITAD’S Hate Speech Monitoring Project in Nigeria
In December 2003, the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda jailed several media executives on grounds of incitement and conspiracy to commit genocide and crimes against humanity. Specifically, the tribunal pointed out how the media executives caused the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians without firearms, machete or any physical weapons in actions through articles […]