Amnesty International Nigeria has called on the Nigerian government to intensify efforts to rescue 42 schoolchildren abducted in Askira Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. The organisation made the call in a post on X on Wednesday, saying it had been 144 days since the children were abducted by gunmen on May 15,…

…criminal conspiracy, thuggery, and inciting disturbance under the Borno State Penal CodeAmnesty International rejected the police's drug claims and demanded the immediate release of all five menPAY ATTENTION: Find it fast with our new search feature at Legit.ng! Legit.ng journalist Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has over eight ye…

…Hossein Alizadeh said he was “willing to take 70 lashes in Parastoo Ahmadi’s place”. Amnesty International also criticised the sentence, saying: “flogging constitutes cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, and violates the absolute prohibition on torture and other ill treatment”. The case comes amid continued tension…

…projects credited to President Bola Tinubu and the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike. Amnesty International Nigeria promptly condemned the remarks as a “call to violence,” insisting that no public official has the right to tie residency in any part of the country to political affiliation, and urging security agencies to immedi…

…between 2023 and early 2026. More than 3,600 were killed in Benue in the same period. Amnesty International documented at least 2,600 deaths across 135 attacks on 50 communities in both states between January 2023 and February 2024. Over 500,000 have been displaced. The June 2025 attack on Yelwata in Benue killed more…

Amnesty International has called for an immediate and thorough investigation into a viral video allegedly showing the Borno State Commissioner for Youth and Sports Development, Sainna Buba, threatening political opponents and supporters of opposition parties. The rights organisation said the commissioner’s alleged rema…

…who engage in inflammatory rhetoric or acts of violence. The Country Director of Amnesty International, Isa Sanusi, said although the objective of the peace accord was commendable, previous agreements had done little to prevent electoral violence. “The peace accord is on the surface good, but in reality, it never preve…

Amnesty International and Yiaga Africa have condemned the Chairman of Kuje Area Council, Federal Capital Territory, Samuel Shekwolo, over alleged threats to eject residents who refuse to join or vote for the All Progressives Congress in 2027. Amnesty, in a post on X, described the alleged threat as a call to violence a…

Amnesty International has called on Zambia to investigate the fatal shooting of Mutotwe Kafwaya, a former member of parliament for Lunte and ex-Minister of Transport. Kafwaya, who would have turned 50 on August 28, and other politicians had converged at a location in Kabulonga, Lusaka, on August 14, hours after the pre…

…of using executions to instil fear in society and prevent further protests. According to Amnesty International, Iran executed at least 2,159 people in 2025. But authorities now appear to be intensifying executions of protesters and others deemed political prisoners during the conflict. by Linda Ikeji at 20/08/2026 2:07…

…it in public. These are the issues delaying the report,” he said. Amnesty condemns probe Amnesty International, in its contribution to the controversy, described the development as a reflection of the weaknesses in Nigeria’s governance institutions and called for an independent panel of inquiry to establish what transp…

…and urged governments at all levels to make the protection of lives a priority. Amnesty International also condemned the attack, describing it as one of the deadliest assaults on communities in Southern Kaduna in recent years. The organisation said it had gathered evidence indicating that entire families were killed in…

…second-most prolific executioner after China, according to rights groups including Amnesty International. The authorities executed at least 1,639 people last year, a record high since 1989, according to Iran Human Rights, an NGO based in Norway, and Together Against the Death Penalty (ECPM), which is headquartered in P…

Amnesty International has described as ‘fabrication and sham’ the court charges slammed on the African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore. Country Director of Amnesty International, Isa Sanusi, made this assertion during an interview on News Central Television. Recall that Sowore, an activist…

…since 1956, has been accused of carrying out chemical attacks before. In 2016, an Amnesty International investigation accused the army — then allied with the RSF — of using chemical weapons on civilians in the western region of Darfur. Khartoum denied the accusations. In 1998, the US claimed that the Al-Shifa pharmaceu…

…as technical partners. Specifically, he proposed the inclusion of organisations such as Amnesty International and the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, alongside representatives of the United Nations, the African Union, ECOWAS, the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union, the World…

…Moise, who has never been replaced, leaving Haiti's gangs to fill the void.According to Amnesty International, 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti in 2024 alone. The population is estimated at about 11.5 million.Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Haiti are the first Caribbean nation to qualify for more tha…