Tag: Amnesty International

The state government said death penalty would be applicable to cases where lives were lost.

‎The report documents 101 cases of incommunicado detention and torture between 2013 and 2017.

Much of Mosul has been destroyed in grinding street-to-street fighting.

The only candidate that would have stood a chance against the incumbent was sacked.

The project is called Decode Oil Spill Project".

The judge had twice postponed giving judgment on the matter.

On the allegation of war crimes against some senior officers, the board found nothing incriminating against them.

It is not the first time that Addis Ababa has pulled the plug on the internet.

“Last year’s heavy-handed response against pro-Biafra activists further stirred up tensions in the south east of Nigeria.”

The students have been in jail after being guilty of “non-denunciation of terrorism related information”.

“…many governments are carrying out a full-frontal assault on human rights defenders.”

#BringBackOurGirls also said it would authenticate the Chibok girls once their names are released.

"Since January 2017 Nigeria has witnessed a rising pattern of harassment and intimidation of journalists."

“AI should refocus attention on defending the rights of the traumatised family members of victims of violent crimes.”

Amnesty said Kirikiri prison’s gallows were being prepared.

Africa’s most populous nation handed down 527 death sentences in 2016, three times more than the previous year.

“The Lagos state government must stop using 'security threats' as an excuse to carry out forced evictions.”

Two others - one of them shot in the chest - are in critical conditions at the Lagos Island General ...

The NLC condemned the group that protested against Amnesty International.

Some members of the anti-Amnesty International group were seen sharing money on Wednesday.

The group criticised Amnesty International for its reports indicting the military of extra-judicial killings.

Protesters on Monday barricaded the Abuja office of Amnesty International, asking the organisation to quit Nigeria within 24 hours.

The group criticised Amnesty International for its reports indicting the military of extra-judicial killings.

The committee members are made up of serving and retired soldiers.

The government has refused to abide by a High Court ruling.