Nigeria, Nov. 10 -- A group of Nigerian academics, lawyers and journalists have signed a joint statement calling for the release of Omoyele Sowore, the publisher of Sahara Reporters, and Olawale Bakare.

Mr Sowore has been detained since his arrest in August for calling for a revolution against bad governance. The government accuses him of treasonable felony and money laundering. Mr Bakare was arrested and is being charged alongside Mr Sowore.

He is being detained despite meeting bail conditions set by two different judges.

"The continued detention of both human rights advocates is an egregious injustice and a travesty of the rule of law," the concerned Nigerians wrote.

Read the full statement by the group below.

A Call for the Immedi...