More than 1,000 #EndBadGovernance protesters are being held in various prisons across the country, according to the international human rights group Amnesty International.
Amnesty, in a post via X on Friday accused the Nigerian authorities of escalating a crackdown on peaceful protesters by arraigning over 1,000 protesters in court during the August 1-10 protests which turned violent in some States.
Amnesty International, int he post, reiterated its call for an immediate and unconditional release of all those arrested for exercising their right to peaceful assembly.
According to the group: “The Nigerian authorities are escalating crackdown on peaceful protesters against hunger and corruption. Over 1,000 people have been remanded nationwide. Today 441 people were arraigned in Kano, in what is set out to be an unfair trial based on trumped-up charges.
“Amnesty International again calls for an immediate and unconditional release of all those arrested for exercising their right to peaceful assembly. The government of Nigeria has an obligation to uphold the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.”
