Amnesty International Seeks Human Rights Reforms To Strengthen Democratic Accountability

Amnesty International Nigeria has called on Nigerian authorities and international organisations to implement human rights reforms aimed at protecting human rights, freedom of expression, and strengthening democratic accountability. Its Board Chairman, Auwal Rafsanjani, made the call at the unveiling of the Amnesty International 2025 Annual Report titled “The State of the World’s Human Rights” in…

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Northern Group Accuses Amnesty International Of Supporting Fake News

The Northern Ethnic Youths Group Assembly (NEYGA), a socio-cultural organisation, has accused the Amnesty International (AI) of encouraging fake news to destabilise Nigeria. The group said that the amnesty international recently criticised the arrest of a social media user, Ghali Isma’il, by the Department of State Services (DSS) for spreading fake news about President Bola…

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Kenyan Police In Plainclothes Fired On Nairobi Protesters, Amnesty

Amnesty International on Wednesday said Kenyan police out of uniform and with no official identification fired live rounds at demonstrators at the country’s parliament complex in Nairobi on June 25. Irũngũ Houghton, Amnesty’s Kenya director, told Reuters that “officers without identity badges, uniforms or vehicles marked as police cars were seen actively shooting at protesters…

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