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Amnesty International Warns Against Threatening Nigerian Protesters

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:30:17 +0000

Amnesty International (AI) has cautioned President Bola Tinubu’s administration against threatening Nigerians planning to protest against the current economic hardship and hunger in the country. AI stated that threatening peaceful protesters is unlawful, emphasizing that Nigerians have the constitutional right to protest. The call for protests in August comes in response to the deteriorating economic [...]

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Tinubu alive to his responsibilities – APC replies Amnesty International over security report

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 14 Jun 2023 19:30:05 +0000

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has fired back at Amnesty International over its recent report stating that several Nigerians have been killed since President Bola Tinubu took over power on May 29. Infostride News reports that Amnesty International (AI), in a statement on Tuesday by its acting director, Isa Sanusi, called on the Nigerian government [...]

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How to run a check for the Pegasus spyware on your phone

Abiodun A. — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 09:32:05 +0000

Amnesty International has released a tool to check if your phone has been affected by Pegasus. The tool comes with a comprehensive set of instructions which enables users through the technical checking process. This would involve backing up the said phone to a separate computer; and then running a check on that backup. This Amnesty [...]

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Lekki Massacre: Amnesty International Reveals Track of Military Movement Before the Event

Abiodun A. — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:13:02 +0000

The human rights group, Amnesty International has revealed that it has made her own investigations and have equally tracked the military’s movements before the event as narrated below. Amnesty International’s Crisis Response experts investigated and verified social media videos and photographs that confirm the Nigerian security forces were present at the Lekki Toll Gate when [...]

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Amnesty International Request Prompt Justice for Persons Involved in Lekki Shooting

Abiodun A. — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:05:37 +0000

Human rights group, Amnesty International has asked the Federal Government not to cover up the shooting at the Lekki Toll Gate during the #EndSARS protests but rather bring to justice those involved. In its latest report published on Wednesday, the rights group released details of the timeline of events from when the protests started on [...]

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Sowore’s Continued Detention Is A Shame For Nigeria – Amnesty International

David Folami — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 03:01:06 +0000

Amnesty International has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to drop its charges against the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore. In a recent statement, its programme manager, Seun Bakare, Amnesty International believes Sowore and Agba Jalingo are prisoners of conscience for blasting the government. They, therefore, told the government to release the activists immediately [...]

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Dapchi Girls’ Kidnap: Group accuses Amnesty International of Undermining Nigeria’s Sovereignty

Ade Adewale — Tue, 20 Mar 2018 17:56:51 +0000

The Coalition of Civil Society Groups against Terrorism in Nigeria, has called on international rights organization, Amnesty International to desist from what it described as its judgmental reports on the security situation in the troubled North eastern part of the country. The group in a statement issued today in Lagos and jointly signed by its [...]

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Group Accuses Burundi of Systematic Killings in capital

Kunle Atiba — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 19:09:04 +0000

According to a report by a UK-based human rights group, Burundi’s security forces systematically killed dozens of people on December 11 as an act of repression in the country’s capital, The government, however, blamed much of the violence on rebels. Amnesty International said it documented extrajudicial executions, arbitrary arrests, and looting by the police in [...]

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