Censorship in Nigeria

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Posted: Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:11 pm

From melonfarmers censorship watch

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A court in Nigeria�s Muslim dominated north, where the Islamic Sharia law is in force, has slapped jail terms or fines on 13 people for staging �indecent� shows, according to court documents.

The performers were arrested by officials of the censorship board of the northern Kano State while performing a dance and drama show.

The Kano court ruled that they should either serve prison terms of four months or pay fines of $333 each for publicly engaging in an indecent stage show with intent to corrupt.

The arrests were made under the state�s 2001 cinematography law, which was interpreted to also cover the performing arts and even the use of theatre premises for private events deemed to be immoral.

Kano, one of the most conservative of the northern states, had also staged a crackdown on the local film industry Kannywood. The state government first banned all film-making in the state for six months and then, at the expiry of the ban, imposed a series of 32 restrictions on the industry. Filmmakers said the restrictions were so crippling that they amounted to a continuation of the six-month ban.

anyone fancy getting a lad to put on Jerry Springer The Opera