Tag: Amnesty International

One year after, findings of a judicial panel set up by the Nigerian government remain sealed from the public.

The global rights group wrote a letter to Nigeria's attorney-general.

AI says the Nigerian government uses enforced disappearance as a longstanding tactic to silence critics and instil fear in civilians.

The women were arrested on August 18 during a protest.

AI describes their arraignment as an unacceptable use of the judicial process.

“Amnesty International is investigating the disturbing arrest of 114 peaceful protesters,” the group says.

The demand to reveal his source negates the tenets of ethical journalism.

Mr Ogundipe was arrested and detained on Tuesday for refusing to disclose his source for a story.

Mr Ogundipe has been held for almost 24 hours.

“The recent surge in deaths at sea, however, cannot be dismissed as an inescapable misfortune."

The crisis in Zamfara is making life hell for villagers, the global body says.

The Ministry of Communication earlier dismissed video footage of the killings.

The group says 1813 people have been murdered in 17 states in the country this year.

There have been rights abuses by both Cameroon forces and armed separatists.

"...the Nigerian military has fallen back on its usual hostile tactics of denials and threats."

The army had earlier described the report as false.

The CJTF describes allegations as, ''funny, laughable and embarrassing in its entirety''.

The Nigerian government and the military have denied that such abuses occur in IDP camps.

The military dismisses the report as false.

The military released a statement saying the Amnesty International findings were false.

The protest will hold on Tuesday.

The organisation called on the Nigerian authorities to desist from using security agencies to silence dissenting voices.

The forum is holding between April 24 and 26 in Abuja.

It describes the arrest of 115 protesters as a worrying sign that the repression of IMN members is set to ...

Nigeria imposed the highest number of death sentences in the sub-Saharan Africa region in 2017.