Tag: Amnesty International
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Nigerian government empowers SARS to maltreat young Nigerians – Amnesty Int’l
Amnesty International has accused the Nigerian Government of empowering officers of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) to maltreat Nigerians by not holding any of them accountable. It said despite passing the anti-torture bill in 2017, there is continous evidence SARS operatives continue to use torture and other ill-treatment to execute, punish and extract information from suspects.…
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JUST IN: Amnesty International working for terror groups in Nigeria – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters has accused Amnesty International (AI) of deliberately supporting the acts of terrorism perpetrated against Nigeria by the Boko Haram and the Islamic State of West African State (ISWAP) terror groups. Acting Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement, cautioned the group to put an end to its reckless distortion…
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Boko Haram: Group fingers Fortune, Amnesty International as forces behind plots to blackmail Nigerian military
The Coalition for Human Rights Monitoring Groups in Nigeria (CHRMGN) has fingered British journalist, Conor Fortune and Amnesty International to be behind a new sponsored plot to blackmail the Nigerian military in the war against terrorism. Fortune, a supposed human rights and conflict resolution writer who is also AI’s Deputy Director of Communications, External Affairs…
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ICC Investigation In Nigeria Now Certain –Amnesty International
The ICC prosecutor said it is losing patience with the failure of the Nigerian Government to examine and prosecute those responsible for crimes committed by different insurgent groups in the country. Amnesty International has invited the International Criminal Court to immediately begin an investigation into crimes being committed by the Nigeria Government. AI, while reacting…
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Drop all charges against Sowore, others arrested for exercising freedom of speech, AI tells Buhari
Amnesty International (AI), on Friday, called on President Buhari’s governance to drop all charges against Omoyele Sowore, convener of the RevolutionNow Movement after his release from the custody of the Department of the State Service. Less than 24 hours after Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu ordered the release of detained Sowore, the Department of the State Service…
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We are open to amicable working relationship with Nigeria -Amnesty International
Global human rights group, Amnesty International, has expressed readiness to discard all misgivings and forge a harmonious working relationship with Nigerian authorities. Osai Ojigho, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja. Ojigho said that the organisation had a standing invitation to…
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Kano Supplementary Poll: Investigate attack on voters, journalists, AI tells FG
Human rights group, Amnesty International, has called on the Nigerian government to investigate the violent attack on voters and journalists during the supplementary governorship election in Kano State on Saturday. The group made the demand in a message posted on Twitter on Wednesday. “Amnesty International is calling Nigerian authorities @MBuhari @ProfOsinbajo to investigate allegations of…
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Amnesty urges FG to investigate alleged cases of political thuggery in Kano supplementary election
Amnesty International has urged Federal Government to investigate alleged cases of political thuggery and violence on journalists and electorate during the supplementary election conducted in Kano State. Isa Sanusi, the Amnesty International Spokesperson, made the call in an interview with BBC Hausa service, monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu, Yobe. “Amnesty…
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#ArewaMeToo activist Maryam Awaisu regains freedom
One of the leading campaigners of #ArewaMeToo, an online campaign against sexual violence, Maryam Awaisu has been released by the police after she was arrested in her office in Kaduna by men of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Recall that Amnesty International, on Tuesday, demanded the ‘immediate and unconditional’ release from police custody, activist and writer,…
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Fulani groups accuse Buhari’s govt of neglect, say no preferred presidential candidate
Coalition of Fulani herdsmen groups in Nigeria have dissociated themselves from some Fulani unions’ endorsement of a particular presidential candidate in the forthcoming general elections. They described the endorsement as dangerous noting that their associations were social, non political and none partisan aimed at uplifting Fulani interests. Alhaji Saleh Bayari, leader of the coalition made…