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Iran pushes bill to jail citizens who have contact with ‘hostile’ foreign media

The Iranian government has passed the first draft of a bill that would severly punish any person who speaks to foreign media outlets or media professionals deemed hostile by the authorities. If passed, the bill could see people jailed for up to 30 years.

Iran pushes bill to jail citizens who have contact with ‘hostile’ foreign media

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Nigeria’s Insecurity Requires Interdisciplinary Approach, Says Adogame

Funmi Ogundare A Professor of Religion and Society at Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, United States, Afe Adogame, has called for holistic and interdisciplinary approach to insecurity in…

  • Nigeria's security issues require an interdisciplinary approach, says Professor Afe Adogame.
  • True security should enable citizens to live without fear, not just presence of security measures.

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