Ahead of the International Day to end impunity for crimes against Journalists, Centre Against Brutality and Safety of Journalist in Africa (CABSOJA), says it will rally support to ensure the safety of journalists in the country.

This was made known in statement jointly signed by the conveners and co-founders of CABSOJA Mr Desmond Utomwen and Ugochukwu Ezekiel (Esq), on Wednesday in Abuja.

The conveners said that in response to the dangerous trend of assault on Journalists, as world leader at the sixty-eight session of the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution on the Safety of Journalists and the issues of impunity.

“Consequently, Nov. 2 every year is set aside as the international Day to End Impunity of Crimes Against Journalists.

“The position was further reinforced in Goal 16 Target 10 of the SDGs,” they said.

The Conveners said to mark the 2018 celebration, the issue of safety of Nigerian Journalists in election coverage and the role of stakeholders in preventing violence, including violent extremism during election would be in focus.

“CABSOJA in collaboration with the Unity Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), will be hosting speakers and participants from the public and private sectors, Judiciary, Civil Society, Security and the Media.

“Amongst others are International Community and political parties in a conference to deliberate on ways to address the issue of impunity,” they said.

The Conveners said that the event is scheduled to hold on Nov. 1, 2018 at the Diamond Conference Hall, 3Js Hotel, Abuja.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists is a UN-recognised day observed annually on November 2.

The day draws attention to the low global conviction rate for violent crimes against journalists and media workers, estimated at only one in every ten cases.