Tuesday, June 23, 2026

African Charter

October 20, 2025

Crackdown on #FreeNnamdiKanu protesters shows Tinubu govt’s intolerance to peaceful protest: Amnesty International

The rights organisation said any act aimed at undermining protesters’ freedom of assembly demonstrates the government’s intolerance of dissent.

February 13, 2025

EU condemns detention of Kano singer, says Sharia blasphemy laws violate human rights

In its (2025/2548(RSP) resolution on Mr Sharif-Aminu’s detention, the EU called for the musician’s immediate release.

Kano singer Yahaya Sharif-Amin
March 4, 2024
Bandits
October 4, 2022

Court to rule on Nnamdi Kanu’s extraordinary rendition suit October 27

Mr Kanu is asking the court to redress his infamous unlawful expulsion or extraordinary rendition from Kenya by the federal government.

Nnamdi Kanu
July 14, 2022

Ecowas Court rules Buhari’s Twitter ban illegal, violated Nigerians’ fundamental rights

The regional court said the June 2021 restrictions were unlawful and defied Article 9 of the African Charter and Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

President Muhammadu Buhari and Ecowas Court