Amnesty International

Amnesty International Ordered To Leave Nigeria Within 7 Days

December 15, 2020 7:19 am

A Nigerian based human rights organisation, Conference of Nigeria Civil Society for Peace, Human Rights and National Unity (CNCSPHRNU) has given Amnesty International a seven days ultimatum to leave Nigeria, or face its wrath.

The ultimatum was given on Sunday, while the group was picking holes in the 2020 report of Amnesty International alleging rights violation and atrocities by the military troops in the North East in a statement by its National Coordinator, Prof. Wole Ajayi, and National Secretary, Festus Nwankwo.

The group, while demanding full investigation into the allegations by the International Criminal Court (ICC), accused Amnesty of allegedly …

Amnesty Int’l Indicts Nigeria Military On Rights Abuses

December 11, 2020 3:30 am

Amnesty International has accused the Nigeria Military for human right abuses indicating that at least 10,000 civilians have died in Nigerian military custody since 2011.

The civilians were mostly those detained in connection with the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast states of Borno, Adamawa and Yobe.

Amnesty International in its report said that many of the deaths were recorded at the ‘infamous Giwa Barracks’ in Maiduguri, capital of Borno state.

‘In April 2017 alone, 166 corpses were transferred from Giwa to the mortuary,’ the report said.

‘Severe overcrowding, scarce food and water, extreme heat, infestation by parasites and insects,

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2020: 1,500 Nigerians Killed, Kidnapped In 8 Northern States – AI

August 24, 2020 6:52 am

Amnesty International (AI) on Sunday said Nigerian authorities have left rural communities at the mercy of rampaging bandits.

AI said gunmen killed at least 1,126 people, and kidnapped at least 380 in the northern part of the country between January and July.

The body listed the states as Kaduna, Katsina, Nasarawa, Niger, Plateau, Sokoto, Taraba and Zamfara States.

“Many of those interviewed described how security forces often arrive hours after attacks have ended, even when officers have been given information about impending attacks. During one attack in Unguwan Magaji in Kaduna state, security forces arrived at the scene but left …

Amnesty International Warns Military, IPOB

February 13, 2020 3:39 am

The Amnesty International on Wednesday, urged security agencies and members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, to ensure peace at the burial of parents of leader of the group, Nnamdi Kanu, in Afara Ukwu, Abia State, on Friday.

There have been reported presence of military personnel in the town ahead of the funeral.

In a statement on Wednesday, Osai Ojigho, Country Director of Amnesty International in Nigeria, appealed to the military and members of IPOB to ensure there is no case of violence at the funeral of Kanu’s parents to respect rights of citizens.

Ojigbo told IPOB and military

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