The imperatives of protecting the civic space, by Zainab Suleiman Okino The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism recently unveiled a report tagged Hushed Voices and the Media’s Defence of the Civic Space. The report, which spanned 10 years, monitored 150 incidents of infractions in the civic space, as reflected in 33 media organisations. It mirrored civic space infractions as reported in the media, determined the occurrence of infractions and identified their forms. The report also classified civic space infractions perpetrators, as well as identified victims and survivors. I had the...