Claim 246

The tribunal convicted the journalists as accessories after the fact to treason for their reporting.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The tribunal convicted the journalists as accessories after the fact to treason for their reporting.
Field: action
Value: Journalists convicted as accessories to treason
About: incident 1995-nigeria-abacha-journalists-tribunal
Source: Outliving Abacha: Six Nigerian journalists' prison stories
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 1999-03-01

Quotation from the source

were convicted as 'accessories after the fact to treason' for reporting on an alleged coup plot.