Rights group, Amnesty International has reacted to the killing of the chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa...
The Civil Liberties Organization, CLO has called for proactive steps to protect Rivers State residents over the incessant occurrences of cult clashes in various communities in...
Rights watchdog, Amnesty International on Thursday issued a damning report over the number of people killed due to incessant cult clashes in various communities Rivers State...
United Nations, Amnesty International, and Action Against Hunger have all condemned the execution of the four abducted humanitarian workers by Boko Haram. The victims, who were...
Amnesty International joined the ranks of Facebook and Google critics on Wednesday, saying the two companies have “surveillance-based business models” that threaten human rights and undermine...
Amnesty International has declared the convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, his compatriot, Olawale Bakare and a journalist, Agba Jalingo as prisoners of conscience. It said...
A report by Amnesty International has revealed that 119 Nigerians are among a total of 1,281persons currently on death sentence in Malaysia. The Nigerians, according to...
The seven-count charge slammed against human rights activist, Omoyole Sowore, who is the co-convener of the #RevolutionNow protest, has been condemned by human rights group, Amnesty...
The violent handling of protesters in Hong Kong by local police has been condemned by Amnesty International which described the abuse of demonstrators as “reckless and...
Global human rights organization, Amnesty International has called for the immediate release of Omoyele Sowore, African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate in the last election, and...
Global rights group, Amnesty International, has accused the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration of sponsoring protest against it for condemning the government’s fatal use of force against...
Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has called on Amnesty International to immediately leave Nigeria. It accused the international organisation of calling on Nigerians to revolt against President...
The proscription of Shi’ite group, Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) has been condemned by rights group, Amnesty International. According to Amnesty International, the move by the...
Rights group Amnesty International has called on the United Nations to conduct an “urgent” investigation into President of the Philippine Rodrigo Duterte’s “murderous war on drugs”....
The Nigeria Police and the military have come under another scathing criticism from Amnesty International, AI, over their continuous use of torture despite law forbidding the...
Amnesty International on Friday urged Nigerian Government to abolish the death penalty. The group and urged the government to put an end to torture as a...
Amnesty International, AI, has said that the proper administration of justice holds the key to ending the protracted Boko Haram insurgency ravaging the Northest geopolitical zone....
An international human rights group on Tuesday provided evidence stating that US military airstrikes in Somalia have killed or wounded nearly two dozen civilians in the...
Senegalese president, Macky Sall has been officially re-elected to run a second term in office after the country’s constitutional council confirmed his victory in the February...
The Nigerian Army on Saturday dismissed as false reports by Amnesty International alleging that 60 displaced persons were killed by Boko Haram insurgents at Rann community...
At least 60 persons were killed in the recent Boko Haram attack in Rann, a border town in Borno State, according to Amnesty International. In a...
Garba Shehu,Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, says Amnesty International gave a wrong impression about the origins of the farmers-herdsmen clashes. He...
The presidency has justified the frustration of the Nigerian Army leading to its call for the closure of Amnesty International offices in Nigeria. The presidency expressed...
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said that the protection of human rights is a cardinal objective of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. He...
The Nigerian Military has levelled damning allegation against Amnesty International (AI) following its latest report on the Dapchi abduction in which it accused the military of...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has described as unfair, and one sided, the claim by the Amnesty International (AI) that it usually employs use of ‘excessive’...
Amnesty International has condemned the wave of violence in Nigeria, calling on government “to do more to end epidemic of gruesome killings of dozens of people...
Amnesty International has called on government to halt its violent campaign of demolitions and forced evictions of waterfront communities in Lagos State which it said had...
Amnesty International has revealed that no less than 17 people have been killed thus far following clashes between security forces and protesters in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions....
Amnesty International on Friday responded to the reports of human rights abuses following the clash involving the Nigerian Army and members of the Indigenous People of...
In a move which seeks to tighten its grip on religious activities in the country, Chinese government has banned children from attending churches. The new directive...
As it marked International Day of the Disappeared, Amnesty International revealed that hundreds of people are being held in secret detention facilities in Nigeria. The group...
With the help of the Amnesty International, widows of four of the nine men executed by Nigeria’s military regime in 1995, have dragged Royal Dutch Shell...
There is outcry in Tunisia after a man was jailed for one month for “public indecency” by a court in north-western Bizerte town after he was...
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP), has expressed worries over the Monday protests and ultimatum that Amnesty International should quit Nigeria in the next 24...
A global human rights group, Amnesty International (AI) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to comply with the court order on the release of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, leader...
The South-East Caucus in the Senate, on Thursday, urged the Federal Government to constitute a judicial panel of inquiry to investigate the killing of about 150...
An international human rights organisation, Amnesty International, AI, and the Nigerian Army have disagreed over the alleged killing of over 150 pro-Biafra agitators. The AI, on...
Amnesty International has accused Nigerian security forces of suffocate freedom of expression through constant arrest and detention of journalists, bloggers and peaceful protesters. According to Amnesty...
Thousands of demonstrators are accusing Amnesty International of promoting anti-India sentiments following a seminar organized by the rights group on human rights abuses in Kashmir. The...
There was blood letting in the Oromia and Amhara regions of Ethiopia as security forces unleashed terror killing scores of people in a bid to suppress...
The travel ban allegedly placed on Governor Ayodele Fayose has taken a new turn as the Ekiti State helmsman has dragged the Buhari-led government before the...
By Adetola Ogunsola… “I will shoot you all like Boko Haram! Do you know how many people I’ve killed!?” The words of a soldier in...
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai, has revealed that the Nigerian Army was not responsible for the death of hundreds of Shiite Islamists,...
World Human Rights group Amnesty International has told President Muhammadu Buhari not to cover the truth over the massacre of Shi’ites in Northern Nigeria. The group...
The Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) , Mallam Abubakar Malami, has explained why the Federal Government cannot execute Boko Haram insurgents convicted for terrorism. The...
Amnesty International reports that 2015 saw a dramatic rise in the number of people executed – at least 1,634 – the highest recorded by Amnesty International...
The deal by European leaders which will see Europe-bound migrants returned to Turkey has been criticised by Amnesty International with the body accusing leaders in Europe...
In what may appear as passing the buck, the Nigerian Army has challenged international rights group, Amnesty International, to come out with evidence indicting the reinstated...
International Human Rights watch group, Amnesty International (AI), has accused the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari of “monumental failure” over the reinstatement of sacked army general,...