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As public debate on a controversial Hate Speech bill before the Nigerian Senate heats up, rights organisation Advocats Sans Frontiers (Lawyers Without Borders) has weighed in on the development, describing the bill which had proposed the death penalty for Hate Speech as attempt to discriminate against the poor.

Head of the organisation in Nigeria Angela Uwandu said that it was unfortunate that Nigeria still has capital punishment laws at a time the world is moving away from the practice.

Advocats SANS Frontiers France with the support of the European Union had organised a two-day training for selected civil …