Tag: Amnesty International

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 ...

There is reported heavy military presence in Afara Ukwu, a community in Abia State as soldiers patrol the area.

Amnesty International condemns the attack that killed over 30 travellers.

The human right group said Mr Jalingo’s detention, besides being a stain on Nigeria’s image, “shows just how far (Nigerian) ...

Amnesty International described the forced eviction as "a violation of human rights."

The discussion dominated the celebration of the ECOWAS Human Rights Day in Abuja on Thursday.

The organisation says there has been no investigation or justice for victims.

The current judge denied the journalist bail and was caught on tape making controversial remarks on the matter.

“An ICC investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the conflict in northeast Nigeria is now inevitable," ...

The journalists were shortlisted from 194 entries received.

The NGO bill, sections of the Cyber Crimes Act and the contentious social media bill symbolise the urgency of the ...

Mr Falana said this during a workshop for legal support to journalists who are oppressed.

Mary Ekere narrates how she was thrown into prison even before she was arraigned in court.

At least 119 Nigerians were on death row as of February 2019, ahead of any other country's nationals.

The number is the highest since 2015.

''Businesses belonging to Nigerians and other foreign nationals have been targeted in the two cities, with stock and possessions worth ...

Amnesty International called for a probe into the death of the Shiites.

Government accuses the group of promotion of tweets that call for the overthrow of the Nigerian constitution.