We, the undersigned civil society organizations and individuals, urge President Bola Tinubu’s government to immediately end the intimidation and harassment of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), an independent anti-corruption watchdog, and cease the escalating crackdown on human rights defenders, activists, journalists, and other civil society actors simply for carrying out their legitimate work.…
The Nigerian authorities must address human rights violations by the police to effectively end years of atrocities that emboldened impunity and left many Nigerians vulnerable to the horrifying abuses that triggered the nationwide #EndSARS protests exactly four years ago. Amnesty International continues to receive – almost daily – reports of human rights violations by the…
Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) must immediately withdraw its bogus defamation lawsuit against the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International last month condemned the intimidation and harassment of SERAP by the DSS as part of the growing trend by the government of President Bola Tinubu to stifle dissenting…
Responding to the invasion of the Abuja office of Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), Isa Sanusi, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, said: “Amnesty International received a disturbing report of the unlawful invasion of the Abuja office of the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) by operatives of the DSS. President Bola Tinubu is going…
Responding to the unlawful arrest of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, by the Department of State Services (DSS), Isa Sanusi, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, said: “Amnesty International strongly condemns the unlawful arrest of the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, by the Department of State Services…
Responding to the planned mass trial of hundreds of protesters arrested during the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests between 1–10 August, Isa Sanusi, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, said: “Some of the charges to be filed against the protesters, ranging from treason, which carries the death penalty, to allegations of a ‘plan to destabilize Nigeria,’ show how…
Responding to Nigerian authorities’ fresh allegations related to terrorism against the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its leaders, Isa Sanusi, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, said: “Amnesty International is deeply concerned by the Nigerian authorities’ fresh attempts to further intimidate and harass the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) through threats of arrests of its President, Joe…
Amnesty International welcomes the release on 10 January 2023, of Oyewole Olumide, Rasheed Tiamiyu, Moruf Adekunle, Taoreed Abiodun, Ikenna Amechi, Afeez Ariyo, Ikechukwu Eze, and Adesina Ademuyiwa detained at Agodi Correctional Centre Ibadan, Oyo state for participating in #EndSARS protests in October 2020. The Oyo State Chief Judge ordered their discharge, acquittal, and release. “With…
Responding to the sentencing of TikTok stars Mubarak Muhammad (Uniquepikin) and Nazifi Muhammad by a court in Kano, northern Nigeria, to flogging and a fine for allegedly defaming a politician, Osai Ojigho Director of Amnesty International Nigeria said: “Amnesty International condemns the sentencing of TikTokers Mubarak Muhammad (Uniquepikin) and Nazifi Muhammad for allegedly defaming…
Two years after the #EndSARS protests, over 40 protesters are still languishing in prisons across Nigeria, Amnesty International said today, while panels set up to investigate police impunity have failed to deliver justice to hundreds of victims of police brutality. Amnesty International has found that the vast majority of #EndSARS protesters arrested in October 2020…
Families of victims of enforced disappearance let down by authorities Dadiyata still missing after abduction by gunmen 3-years ago No accountability for families of victims of enforced disappearance Nigerian authorities must show genuine commitment to ending the heinous crime of enforced disappearances, which is still prevalent in the country, says Amnesty International Nigeria to mark…
Responding to today’s judgement of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, Amnesty International Nigeria’s Country Director, Osai Ojigho said: “We welcome the decision of the ECOWAS court today regarding the arbitrary suspension of Twitter in Nigeria. It is a major step in the right direction and further affirms the demand by Nigerians for freedom of…