Tag: Amnesty International
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…