The second quarter of 2024 recorded 53 incidents of freedom of expression violations. The figure is 26% higher than that of the preceding quarter (January-March 2024), which recorded 39 violations. Unfortunately, most of the violations reported had not been redressed in any way at the time of compiling this report.
Nigeria recorded eleven violations, the highest during the quarter. Burkina Faso and Guinea followed with 10 and five violations, respectively. Senegal and Sierra Leone recorded four violations each. Mali, Togo, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana and Niger recorded three violations each. Benin recorded two violations, while Liberia and Cote d’Ivoire recorded one violation each.
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