LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amnesty International has expressed deep concerns regarding the treatment of protesters and journalists in Abuja, Yobe and Port Harcourt. The human rights group condemned the attacks on demonstrators under the Take It Back Movement in these cities. Reports indicate that protesters, who have been actively demonstrating in Abuja, Lagos, and other major…
LAGOS AUGUST 19TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has stated that over 1000 #EndBadGovernance protesters are currently in prison custody nationwide following the recent hunger protests. The protests, which were held between August 1 and 10, turned violent in some parts of the country, with reports of looting and vandalism in several states. On August…
LAGOS JULY 24TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amnesty International, global human rights body, has lambasted the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government for threatening to unleash mayhem on peaceful #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protesters. The Special Assistant to President Tinubu on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, had warned Nigerians planning nationwide protests against hardship in the country to stay off the streets. Olusegun had…
LAGOS MARCH 4TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Global human rights body, Amnesty International, has demanded the immediate release of the Islamic gospel musician from Kano State, Yahaya Sheriff Aminu, jailed since 2020 on the allegation of blasphemy, for a series of audio messages circulated via WhatsApp which became public knowledge in March 2020. Amnesty also demanded the immediate release…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 11TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Amnesty International has said critics of President Bola Tinubu risk three-year jail term even as it condemns a fresh push for social media regulation by the All Progressives Congress- led government. Explaining the implications of social media regulations in a series of tweets on Saturday, the human rights organisation said, “the social…
LAGOS OCTOBER 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Global human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has condemned and berated the President Bola Tinubu-led Nigerian government over a warning issued to Arise Television by the National Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) for allegedly using “derogatory and incendiary remarks” against the President and others on its station. SaharaReporters earlier reported that the NBC issued a…
LAGOS AUGUST 14TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Tanzanian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release Willibrod Slaa, former parliamentarian and Tanzanian Ambassador to Sweden, Boniface Mwabukusi, a lawyer and activist, and Mdude Nyagali, a political activist, all of whom were arrested between 12 and 13 August simply for criticizing a port deal between Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates…
LAGOS JULY 26TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Reacting to news that Ghana’s Parliament voted to remove the death penalty from the 1960 Criminal and Other Offences Act and the 1962 Armed Forces Act, Amnesty International’s West and Central Africa Director Samira Daoud said: “Today’s parliamentary vote is a major step by Ghana towards the abolition of the death penalty….