mcfarlin:


Twill be better if you post a link to the decree 4'

No sane leader should oppose criticism

If you are surrounded only by sycophants then you will feel sufficient in your nothingness

mperoakeem:
shock me, say sumtin intelligent...

Chaleeee:

Drafted on March 29,1984, Decree No. 4 was the most dreaded, most repressive and the last press law enacted in Nigeria. It was promulgated during the military regime of Major General Buhari which did not take kindly to press criticisms.

The law was drafted to punish authors of false statements and reports that exposed the Buhari administration and or its officials to ridicule or contempt.
Section 1, sub-sections (i), (ii) and (iii) of the law - the most formidable section - provided that:
Any person who publishes in any form, whether written or otherwise, any message,rumour, report or statement, being a message, rumour, statement or report which is false in any material particular or which brings or is calculated to bring the Federal Military Government or the Government of a state or public officer to ridicule or disrepute, shall be guilty of an offence under this Decree.

Any station for wireless telegraphy which conveys or transmits any sound or visual message, rumour, report or statement, being a message, rumour, report or statement which is false in any material particular or which brings or is calculated to bring the Federal Government or the Government of a state or a public officer to ridicule or disrepute, shall be guilty of an offence under this Decree.

It shall be an offence under this Decree for a newspaper or wireless telegraphy station in Nigeria to publish or transmit any message, rumour, report or statement which is false in any material particular stating that any public officer has in any manner been engaged in corrupt practices or has in any manner comiptly enriched himself or any other person {Gazette, 1984).

ShineuEye:

I will shock myself if i reply a dumbhead like you again. Happy xmas.

Greyworld:
You seehw dez muslims behave? Very aggressive set of pple, yet Nigerians av bin bashin GEJ in all sortof manner....... Dats 1 reason why I can't trust em (buhari) b4 e go arrest "us"


#islamisareligionofpeace

golor:
If Jonathan apply such power in 9ja,i swear he will arrest 40% of it citizen...some time i can't just hold bt to feel d pain of seeing some one fada receiving such insult....leadership is nt a one man business bt everybody's business.those insulting,if u should go to their family of 4,they re having problem every here and then,they can't lead their family but they re insulting some one who is leadin a whole nation.

Goddex:
A 16-year-old high school student has been arrested in central Turkey for “insulting” President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by accusing him and his ruling party of corruption, sparking angry criticism on Thursday from the opposition.

The boy, identified by his initials M.E.A., was believed to be a member of a leftist organisation, the Hurriyet newspaper reported.

He delivered a speech on Wednesday in the central Anatolian city of Konya, a bastion of Erdogan’s Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party (AKP), in memory of a young secular teacher killed by Islamists in 1930, according to the newspaper.
The boy, who was arrested by police at school, is now facing up to four years in prison if convicted on the charge.

It was the latest controversial arrest in Turkey in recent weeks. Recent police raids on media outlets affiliated with Erdogan’s top foe, the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, sparked an angry exchange with the European Union, which said the arrests undermined media freedom.

Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu supported the court’s decision on the juvenile’s arrest.
“Everyone must respect the office of president whoever he is,” Davutoglu said, quoted in Turkish media.
In his testimony to prosecutors, the boy denied links with any political party and said that the local governor’s office granted permission for the commemoration ceremony organised through social media.

“I’ve made the statement in question. I have no intent to insult,” he reportedly said.
The boy’s lawyer, Baris Ispir, submitted a petition to the court, together with around 100 colleagues who came from Istanbul in a show of support.

“Even if he is convicted, he is 16 years old which requires a one-third reduction in his penalty,” the lawyer said, according to the private Dogan news agency.
Riza Turmen, lawmaker of the secular opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), denounced the arrest as a violation of the UN charter on children’s rights.
“Regimes taking children out of classes by police force and putting them in jail are fascist regimes,” Turmen, a former judge at the European Court of Human Rights, wrote on Twitter.

“This goes against the UN charter on children’s rights.”
Turkey’s government faced an unprecedented wave of protests in 2013 against what was seen as authoritarian policies from Erdogan, who was then prime minister.

The AKP government was shaken by a vast corruption scandal last December that dragged down four ministers facing accusations of bribery and influence-peddling.

Erdogan, who was elected president in August, angrily accused his former ally-turned-foe Gulen of concocting the graft scandal.

Thirty people were arrested in raids earlier this month against those deemed to have links to Gulen.
Most have now been released but a court has remanded in custody on terrorism charges the head of the pro-Gulen Samanyolu TV and three former police chiefs. It also issued an arrest warrant for Gulen himself.
In power since 2003, Erdogan has brought relative stability to Turkey after years of rocky coalition governments and an economic meltdown in 2001.

But what critics describe as his increasingly authoritarian style and zero-tolerance of a have proved a major test for democracy in the country which has long sought to join the European Union.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/12/16-year-old-student-arrested-insulting-president/?utm_source=&utm_medium=facebook

mamajohn:
Prayer! No, I'd rather pray against GEJ, he is a weakling President

mcfarlin:


Twill be better if you post a link to the decree 4'

No sane leader should oppose criticism

If you are surrounded only by sycophants then you will feel sufficient in your nothingness

Greyworld:
You seehw dez muslims behave? Very aggressive set of pple, yet Nigerians av bin bashin GEJ in all sortof manner....... Dats 1 reason why I can't trust em (buhari) b4 e go arrest "us"


#islamisareligionofpeace

SirHouloo:
How I wish this could be done in Nigeria where bigot, clueless has been the latest oyinbo in town. I feel our leaders deserves a bit of respect.

Greyworld:
You seehw dez muslims behave? Very aggressive set of pple, yet Nigerians av bin bashin GEJ in all sortof manner....... Dats 1 reason why I can't trust em (buhari) b4 e go arrest "us"


#islamisareligionofpeace

mamajohn:
Are you serious at all! Do you respects a president who disrespects your destiny!
You must be high on rice and chicken!

Goodquestion:


Women like you are contesting election, why are you home doing nothing. Even Lucifer can't carry out its work alone. All we can do is support this country's leaders either by prayer or moral and physical support.

Greyworld:
You Dats 1 reason why I can't trust em (buhari) b4 e go arrest "us"


#islamisareligionofpeace

mamajohn:
Are you serious at all! Do you respects a president who disrespects your destiny!
You must be high on rice and chicken!

MarieSucre:
pls elucidate on this prayer or moral or physical support?

Greyworld:
You seehw dez muslims behave? Very aggressive set of pple, yet Nigerians av bin bashin GEJ in all sortof manner....... Dats 1 reason why I can't trust em (buhari) b4 e go arrest "us"


#islamisareligionofpeace

MarieSucre:
Seriously! who are those clicking 'like' to this comment. This is plain bigotry. How did the actions of one man monopolizing power become the fault of islam? come on people. we are saner than this.