Amnesty International
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Amnesty International Nigeria has accused the Nigeria police of killing at least 24 people during peaceful protests over economic hardship and hunger in several northern states between August 1 and 10, 2024. In a statement released Saturday via its verified social media platforms, the organization stated that the deaths occurred in Borno, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina,…
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Good morning from MEZIESBLOG! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian newspapers: 1. The military high command says it has invited the international human rights organization, Amnesty International, to defend its allegations against the armed forces that 10,000 civilians died in its custody. It described the claims by the international rights group as “malicious, shocking, lacking in…
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Global human rights group, Amnesty International, has condemned the Nigerian Government for arraigning over 1,000 protesters in court. MEZIESBLOG recalls that the 10 days hunger protests turned violent in some states, leading to the arrest of several protesters. Kayode Egbetokun, Inspector-General of Police, on August 6, announced that the Police arrested some persons alleged to…
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Amnesty International said Thursday it has independently confirmed that powerful spyware from the Israeli surveillance software maker NSO Group was used to hack a Polish senator multiple times in 2019 when he was running the opposition’s parliamentary election campaign. The Associated Press reported last month that Citizen Lab, an internet watchdog group at the University of Toronto,…
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Morocco has filed defamation claims against Amnesty International and a French NGO who claim its intelligence services used the Pegasus mobile phone spyware against dozens of French journalists, lawyers for the government said Thursday. Paris prosecutors opened their own inquiry this week into the claims by Amnesty and the French media nonprofit Forbidden Stories, revealed…
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Rights group, Amnesty International has warned the Nigerian Government on the danger of the hate speech and social media bills before the National Assembly, describing the proposals as repressive and dangerous. The group expressed its concern in a statement on Wednesday by Isa Sanusi, AI’s Media Manager in Nigeria. AI said, “These bills, supported by…
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The public caning of two women convicted of attempting lesbian sex in a conservative Malaysian state on Monday has sparked outrage among activists and civil society groups. The caning sentences on the women, aged 32 and 22, were carried out before some 100 people at the Syariah High Court in Terengganu, a state led by orthodox…
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Amnesty International has condemned the severe beatings, torture and rape of imprisoned soldiers who are alleged to have taken part in Turkey’s failed military coup, adding that the organization has proofs on the claim. Image shows protesters at Istanbul’s Taksim Square. The international body reveals it has proof that Turkish police are denying them food, water…
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