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Nigeria: Protesters Charged with Treason

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par Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Demonstrators react as Nigerian policemen fire teargas canisters during the End Bad Governance protest in Abuja on August 1, 2024. © 2024 Kola Sulaimon/AFP via Getty Images (Abuja) – Nigerian authorities have charged 10 protesters who were arrested during protests across Nigeria in August 2024 with treason, which carries a possible death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. The government should drop the charges.According to legal sources consulted by Human Rights Watch, the 10 protesters are among the 124 people arrested in Abuja and other states, including Kano…

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