Nwachukwu Egbunike · April, 2013

Latest posts by Nwachukwu Egbunike from April, 2013

Chadian Blogger Detained

  9 April 2013

Internet Without Borders reports that Jean Laokolé, a Chadian blogger and writer, was arrested on March 22 by security forces in N'Djamena, Chad's capital. In a petition released today, the advocacy group calls for the blogger's "immediate and unconditional release." Laokolé writes under a pseudonym for one of Chad's most popular blogs, where he covers corruption and other problems in politics.

Kuwaiti Twitter User Jailed for Insulting Emir

  4 April 2013

Insult the Emir on Twitter and go to jail: Hamid Al Khalidi has been sentenced to two years in prison for insulting the Emir of Kuwait on Twitter. His attorneys plan to appeal his case to a higher court next week.

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I'm an author with Global Voices. I blog and publish books in Nigeria. I studied Medical Laboratory Sciences and Communication respectively. I am the author of Dyed Thoughts – a blunt, satirical and critical book of conversation on my country. Follow me at: @feathersproject