Nigeria: Journalist from British magazine "The Economist" expelled

Silvia Sansoni, a journalist who works for the British weekly news magazine "The Economist", was expelled from Nigeria on 19 February 2004 after being taken to Lagos airport under police escort and placed on a Paris-bound flight. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) expressed shock over the incident, which the organisation considers to be a press freedom violation. RSF said, however, "We are not really surprised. The Nigerian authorities have been treating the foreign press with contempt for several years and have never stopped making the lives of foreign correspondents very difficult."