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Amnesty Int’l Condemns Sowore, Others’ Arrest, Tells FG To Drop Charges

Global human rights group, Amnesty International, on Saturday, condemned the arrest and subsequent arraignment of the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, and four others.

In a series of tweets on Saturday, it also called for the immediate release of the activists and demanded that the charges against them be quashed.

Read also: Police Fail To Produce Sowore, Others For Bail Application Ruling

The group noted that Sowore and others were unlawfully arrested on December 31 for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of assembly and expression.

It accused the Nigerian government of using delay tactics to frustrate the bail applications of the activists who have spent eight days in detention.

According to Amnesty, the detention is uncalled for and has shown a continued pattern of repression by the authorities.

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