Tag: Amnesty International
Army killed 17 unarmed Biafran supporters – Amnesty International
Amnesty International says its investigation has confirmed that the Nigerian army gunned down 17 unarmed people during last month’s Biafran…
Children, women dying in Maiduguri military detention camp – Amnesty International
Authorities of the Nigerian Army have denied reports linked to an investigation purportedly carried out by Amnesty International at a…
Herdsmen menace: AI urges Buhari protect Nigerians prone to attacks
Amnesty International has called on the Buhari Government to take adequate steps towards the protection of lives and property in…
Come clean on Shiite killings, Amnesty tells Nigeria
Satellite images and witness accounts offer damning new evidence that Nigeria’s military killed hundreds of minority Shiite Muslims late last…
Amnesty insists Nigerian Army killed hundreds of Shiite Muslims
Amnesty International said on Friday that Nigeria’s army killed hundreds of men, women and children from a minority Shi’ite Muslim…
Probe Nigerian Army for killing Shiites -Amnesty
Claims by a Kaduna state official that Nigeria’s military secretly buried 347 people after clashes with members of a minority…
Amnesty International And Its Double Mission In Nigeria
By Desita Todorova The authorities in Nigeria are possibly waking up to the reality of the true nature of the…
Reinstatement of Gen. Mohammed in order – Army
The Nigerian army has stated that the reinstatement of Major General Ahmadu Mohammed was in order, noting that, his retirement…
Amnesty blasts Buhari over reinstating Army General accused of war crimes
The reinstatement of Major General Ahmadu Mohammed accused of the mass murder of hundreds of detainees has provoked the condemnation of Amnesty…
Killing of Shi’ites in Zaria must be urgently investigated – Amnesty Intl
Amnesty International has called for an urgent investigation into the shooting of members of a Shi’ite religious group in Zaria,…
Amnesty opens Nigeria office to investigate abuse charges
Amnesty International opened an office Tuesday in Nigeria, promising to investigate allegations of abuses from oil pollution and forced evictions…
Amnesty urges Cameroon to investigate abuses in Boko Haram fight
Reuters – Amnesty International urged Cameroon on Wednesday to investigate the death of 25 prisoners and disappearance of 130 people…
Amnesty International wants prostitution decriminalised
PARIS — (New York Times) The question of what should be done about prostitution is as old as the profession…
“Power is transient, Justice Eternal”: Why Nigeria needs to address impunity
By Netsanet Belay Observing the public debate following the publication of Amnesty International’s recent report on war crimes committed by…
Nigerian military to investigate Amnesty International allegations
ABUJA, June 19 (Reuters) – Nigeria’s military said on Friday it was investigating allegations by Amnesty International that more than…
I’ll take action against high ranking military officers, says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has once again given assurance that his government will closely study the report released recently by Amnesty…
Nigerian military responsible for death of 8,000 – Amnesty
ABUJA (Reuters) – More than 8,000 people have died while being held prisoner by Nigeria’s armed forces in the campaign…
Buhari to review Amnesty International report on military torture
President Muhammadu Buhari has acknowledges receipt of the Amnesty International report on Nigeria titled “Nigeria: Stories of horror in their…
Welfare of ‘rescued’ women and girls is paramount – Amnesty
The ‘rescue’ of almost 300 women and girls by Nigeria’s military from Boko Haram is an encouraging development but only…
Boko Haram kidnapped 2000 women, girls – Amnesty
Boko Haram has kidnapped at least 2,000 women and girls since the beginning of last year, Amnesty International said on…
World leaders are ‘ineffective’ in response to IS, Boko Haram – Amnesty
World leaders have proved “shameful and ineffective” in failing to protect civilians from groups like Islamic State (IS), Amnesty International…
Amnesty’s allegations distractive, misleading, unfair – DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said allegations by Amnesty International that military top brass were warned of Boko Haram’s attack on…
Army ignored Boko Haram attack notices on Baga, Monguno
Amnesty International claimed today that the Nigerian military were repeatedly warned of impending Boko Haram attacks on Baga and Monguno…
Many civilians at grave risk after Maiduguri attacks – Amnesty
A failure to protect hundreds of thousands of civilians could lead to a disastrous humanitarian crisis said Amnesty International with…
Boko Haram ‘killed woman in labour’ – Amnesty
Boko Haram fighters killed a woman as she was in labour during what is feared could be the deadliest attack…
Court Papers Expose Shell’s False Claims On Nigeria Oil Spills
Court documents revealed by Amnesty International today expose the fact that Shell has repeatedly made false claims about the size…
Amnesty Releases Report On Torture In Nigeria
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Global watchdog, Amnesty International, Thursday in Abuja released a report detailing incidences of torture and other ill treatment…
Nigeria not different from Hell Fire, says AI
By Simon Ateba There are torture chambers in police stations across Nigeria and the torture techniques used by both military…
Amnesty condemns IS ‘ethnic-cleansing’ in Iraq
Amnesty International has accused Islamic State jihadists of “systematic ethnic cleansing” and mass killings of minorities in northern Iraq, in…
No action from Shell, Nigeria on oil pollution report – Amnesty
Nigeria and Shell have done almost nothing to ease oil pollution in the Ogoniland area of the Niger Delta, three…