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Seven #EndSARS protesters - Daniel Joy-Igbo, Sodiq Adigun, Sunday Okoro, Olumide Fatai, Oluwole Isa, Shehu Anas, and Akiniran Oyetakin - arrested in Lagos in
Three years after violent suppression of nationwide #EndSARS protests against police brutality, at least fifteen protesters arrested in 2020 are still being arbitrarily detained – the majority of them without trial – in Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre and Ikoyi Medium Security Correctional Centre in Lagos. The Nigerian authorities have filed trumped-up charges including theft, arson, possession of unlawful firearms, and murder against many of the protesters. Some of those detained allege
Our investigation shows the Nigerian authorities’ utter disdain for human rights. Three years in detention without trial is a travesty of justice.
Three years after the violent suppression of nationwide #EndSARS protests against police brutality, at least 15 protesters arrested in 2020 are still being arbitrarily detained, Amnesty International Nigeria has said. The human rights organisation said the majority of them were being held without trial in Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre and Ikoyi Medium Security Correctional Centre in Lagos.
Infringement on human rights by any person or group anywhere in the world is criminal. It is worse if carried out by a law enforcement agent such as the police. The worst is when the victim dies in custody. Rather than remain exceptions, torture and killing of suspects while in detention, as heinous as they…