Amnesty International, following the arrest of a popular Nigerian activist and publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, has expressed concern over the development. While condemning the arrest of Sowore, Amnesty International in a post on its new media handles also frowned at the attack on the activist by suspected thugs. According to the human rights […]
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Amnesty International (AI) has said that the Nigerian military was aware of the presence of Boko Haram insurgents in Dapchi, Yobe state, hours before 110 schoolgirls were abducted. It was alleged that an investigation revealed the security forces “failed to act” on advance warnings that a convoy of Boko Haram fighters was heading towards Dapchi […]
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In a statement on Monday by the country director of Amnesty International, Osai Ojigho, clashes between farmers and herdsmen have resulted in hundreds of deaths in the last one year. The called on the government to address the situation. “The Nigerian authorities’ response to communal violence is totally inadequate, too slow and ineffective, and in […]
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Police in Kenya have been using “unlawful force’’ against protesters after chaotic elections last week, Amnesty International said in a strongly worded statement on Monday. The London-based rights watchdog detailed excessive police violence in parts of Nairobi and the western city of Kisumu, pointing to several fatal police shootings. The violence came after Kenya’s controversial […]
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A report released on Wednesday, by human rights body, Amnesty International says at least 150 pro-Biafra protesters have been killed by security operatives in the south-eastern part of the country, while many others are still being held incommunicado. “In south-east Nigeria, security forces led by the military, embarked on a chilling campaign of arbitrary arrests, […]
Continue ReadingAn international organization with focus on human rights, Amnesty International, has accused some officers of the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of engaging in illegalities to make money. In a report released on Wednesday, the group said rather than work in line with its mandate of combating violent crime, the unit — carved out of the […]
Continue ReadingAmnesty International, has released a statement, accussing the Nigerian Army of extrajudicially killing at least 17 unarmed pro-Biafra supporters in Onitsha and other areas of the south east of Nigeria, demanding an immediate investigation of the attacks. Read full Amnesty statement: An on-the-ground investigation by Amnesty International has confirmed that the Nigerian army gunned down […]
Continue ReadingAmnesty International, has asked the Nigerian army to come out clean on the alleged massacre of some members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shi’ites. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Amnesty International described the revelation on how 347 members of the sect were allegedly buried as disturbing. Amnesty International said […]
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On whether to legalise prostitution; 500 Amnesty delegates from more than 80 countries will gather at an international conference next week in Dublin to vote on whether to advocate the elimination of all penalties for sex work, on the grounds that it is a matter of privacy between consenting adults. Simply put, the Human Right […]
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