NIGERIA: Amnesty International has alleged that more than 1,000 #EndBadGovernance protesters are being remanded in prisons across the country.
The protests put together by a group of Nigerians to express their displeasure over the hardship and other socio-economic challenges in the country turned violent in the North with several properties looted and destroyed by suspected thugs.
Several Nigerians and some foreign nationals were arrested by security agents for displaying Russian and other foreign flags in the demonstrations that took place from August 1-10 in Kano, Kaduna, and other states in the North.
In a post via its X handle, the rights watchdog alleged that the Nigerian government cracked down on peaceful protesters by arraigning over 1,000 persons in courts across the country.
The post read: “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.”
