Repression of human rights worsening in Nigeria – Human Rights Watch

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The report, which reviews human rights trends and developments in more than 100 countries in the world, said the ban on Twitter in June 2021, was indicative of worsening human rights issues in Nigeria.

an international non-governmental organisation concerned with human rights matters around the globe, has said.

Government’s attempt to rationalise the justification were not accepted, with leading democratic nations like the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and others condemning it as an attack on freedom of expression. Many Nigerians remained active on Twitter using virtual private networks to circumvent the ban even as the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, threatened to anyone by passing the ban.

It also recalled the October 2021, clampdown on gatherings commemorating the first anniversary of the shooting by security forces in Lekki area of Lagos State during the October 2020 #“Security forces continued to disrupt #EndSARS related gatherings and protests,” it said. It referred to a report by Save the Children International, indicating that over 1,000 children were kidnapped between January and August 2021, by armed groups bandits.

 

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