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Legal action over Al Jazeera staff detained in Nigeria
Ahmed Idris and Ali Mustafa have been detained in their hotel rooms by the Nigerian military since March 24.
02 Apr 2015 21:04 GMT | Media, Africa, Nigeria, Press Freedoms
Court action has been taken to declare the Nigerian military’s detention of two Al Jazeera journalists as “illegal and unconstitutional”.
A statement released by the network on Thursday said the legal procedures taken on behalf of Ahmed Idris and Ali Mustafa were aimed at securing their’ “fundamental rights to personal liberty and human dignity” under the Nigerian constitution.
The Doha-based network called for an immediate end to their detention, which began on March 24 in Maiduguri while the pair were covering the Nigerian military's operations against Boko Haram.
The journalists have had their phones confiscated by authorities and have not been allowed to contact the outside world.
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2015/04/al-jazeera-staff-nigeria-150402194145896.html