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BREAKING: Trial of #EndBadGovernance protesters begins in Abuja, Kano, Kaduna today
“The Nigerian government has been wrongfully placing priority on punishing protesters, without saying even a word on the urgent need to impartially investigate the killing of dozens of protesters across Kano, Katsina, Suleja/Tafa, Jigawa and Maiduguri….
Amnesty International Nigeria has denounced the #EndBadGovernance protestors’ mass trial.
Today is the first day of the trial in Abuja, Kano, and Kaduna.
Remember that during the August 2024 hunger and hardship protests, a sizable number of demonstrators were taken into custody by security personnel.
“Amnesty International condemns the sham trial of the protesters even before it begins, and calls for an end to these endless bizarre attempts to deprive people of the right to peaceful protest,” AI stated in a statement posted on its X platform on Monday, denouncing their mass prosecution. The unfair trial is nothing more than a covert operation designed to penalize those who disagree.
“Some of the charges to be filed against the protesters, ranging from treason, which carries the death penalty and allegations of ‘plans to destabilize Nigeria,’ show how far the Nigerian authorities can go in manipulating the criminal justice system to silence critical voices.
“The Nigerian government has been wrongfully placing priority on punishing protesters, without saying even a word on the urgent need to impartially investigate the killing of dozens of protesters across Kano, Katsina, Suleja/Tafa, Jigawa and Maiduguri.
These attempts by President Bola Tinubu’s government to charge those who protested widespread poverty and rampant corruption with treason is beyond absurd and baseless”.
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