Nigeria: Stop Justifying Rights Abuses, Amnesty Tells Nigerian, U.S. Govts

3 November 2018

In response to the Nigerian Army's tweets using President Donald Trump's words to justify the fatal shooting of stone-throwing protesters and the subsequent issuing of a statement denouncing Amnesty International's calls for accountability, the organisation has asked the two governments to stop justifying rights abuses.

Amnesty's Nigeria Executive Director, Osai Ojigho, on Saturday in a statement said the basic rights of humans are not subject to the whims and caprices of leaders.

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