Tag: Amnesty International

"...all police officers who participated in the abuse or actions that might have led to injury or the death of ...

As has been the norm, the protesters were largely peaceful but blocked the roads leading to the roundabout.

The group attributed the fatalities to the wave of violence and use of lethal force by the Nigerian police.

The NGO said it has been taking note of the unlawful use of force to disperse protesters

The NGO said it has been taking note of the unlawful use of force to disperse protesters

Defence and security forces are responsible for the unlawful killings.

"Journalists seek accountability on behalf of the people and should not be threatened or abused for asking questions. These patterns ...

The group called on President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to weigh in and salvage the situation before violence mars the entire ...

Mr Sharif, a resident of Sharifai in Kano metropolis, was accused of committing blasphemy against the prophet of Islam in ...

“It is especially disturbing to see that some governments are punishing workers who voice their concerns about working conditions that ...

Workers interviewed said they had paid fees ranging from $900 dollars to $2,000 to recruitment agents in their own countries ...

Nearly 200 people including IDPs unlawfully killed or forcibly disappeared between February and March 2020.

The event is marked every May 30 mostly by pro-Biafra sympathisers and many Igbos in remembrance of the brutal civil ...

The continued detention of the journalist by the SSS after he was granted bail by the court had attracted outrage.

Nigerian military subjects children to torture in prolonged, unlawful detention, the report states.

The SSS has commented on its arrest of the journalist.

Many Nigerians had criticised a move by the House of Representatives to repeal the Quarantine Act and replace it with ...

After decades of bloodletting in perennial conflicts with nomadic herdsmen, a Niger Delta community outlawed the sale and consumption of ...

Saudi Arabia, Iraq, South Sudan, and Yemen bucked a global trend with spikes in execution

"The Nigeria Army, Police and State Security Service continued to torture and ill-treat detainees."

“In 2019 we saw incredible people power in mass protests which swept across sub-Saharan Africa."

NHRC accused the police in the Federal Capital Territory of shooting live bullets into its premises, damaging properties worth millions ...

Mr Jalingo, the publisher of CrossRiverWatch, was granted bail by the Federal High Court, Calabar, on February 13, and was ...

Mr Olorunyomi decried shrinking civic space “in a country where democracy was hard-fought”.

"These brazen acts of razing entire villages, deliberately destroying civilian homes and forcibly displacing their inhabitants with no imperative military ...