Amnesty International wants Kano supplementary polls probed By Ahmed AbbaAmnesty International has urged Federal Government to investigate alleged cases of political thuggery and violence on journalists and electorate during the supplementary election conducted in Kano State. Isa Sanusi, the Amnesty International Spokesperson, made the call in an interview with BBC Hausa service,
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Election-related violence is deeply troubling, says Amnesty
Amnesty International (AI) says Nigerian authorities must protect people from violence and ensure full respect for freedom of expression, peaceful association before, during and after the elections. In a statement
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Govt must uphold human rights during, after elections – Amnesty International
Amnesty International has urged the federal government to protect people from violence and ensure full respect for freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association before, during and after the forthcoming general elections scheduled for February 16 and March 2, 2019.
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Amnesty: Boko Haram killed 60 after soldiers abandoned Rann
Amnesty International raises alarm over increasing attacks on journalists
Amnesty International (AIN) has said clampdown on the press, raids on media organisations and arbitrary arrests and detention of journalists, is preventing people from freely expressing themselves. It stated this during the launch of Press For Freedom, a campaign to support Freedom of Expression (FOE) in Nigeria, adding that in 2018, at least four journalists […]
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Amnesty launches press freedom campaign, says Nigeria becoming harder for journalists
Amnesty International (AI) has launched a campaign “to ensure the freedom of expression in the country”. While launching the campaign in Abuja on Thursday, AI also called on the federal
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Zamfara: Don’t involve army in internal security, Falana, Amnesty International tell FG
Activists including Femi Falana, Adetokunbo Mumini, Dr Chidi Odinkalu and Amnesty International Nigeria have asked the Federal Government to immediately end the involvement of the Army in the maintenance of internal security in the country. The activists made this call against the backdrop of the Federal Government’s recent deployment of the Army to stem the […]
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Amnesty says 37 protesters killed in Sudan crackdown
Amnesty International said it has received “credible reports” that Sudanese security forces have shot dead 37 protesters in a crackdown on demonstrations roiling the country. Anti-government protests have rattled Sudan since Wednesday after the government tripled the price of a loaf of bread. The authorities say eight protesters have been killed in the unrest, while […]
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Army accuses Amnesty, others of crippling fight against insurgency
Army should be removing Amnesty International’s teeth with club – ex-Defence Minister
A former Minister of Defence, Gen. Godwin Abbe, on Sunday joined several Nigerians, including the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), in condemning the recent report of Amnesty International (AI) on uprisings in Nigeria.
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