{"id":113394,"date":"2024-07-23T20:18:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T19:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=113394"},"modified":"2024-07-23T20:18:13","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T19:18:13","slug":"threatening-peaceful-protesters-unlawful-amnesty-intl-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/threatening-peaceful-protesters-unlawful-amnesty-intl-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Threatening peaceful protesters unlawful, Amnesty Int\u2019l warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1805388778180704530\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amnesty International on Tuesday cautioned the Federal Government against threatening Nigerians planning to protest against the current hardship and hunger in the country.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe organisation in a post on X\u00a0 reacting to comments made by a presidential aide, Olusegun Dada, warned that threatening intended peaceful protesters is unlawful.<\/p>\n<p>Dada had warned that intending destruction of the country in the guise of protest would meet the strongest resistance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose who want to burn the country down under whatever guise will meet the strongest resistance of their lives. Not from security agencies, but from the silent majority that gave their mandate to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for four years in the first instance. We are waiting,\u201d he posted on X on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>However, reacting, AI stated Nigerians have the constitutional right to protest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThreatening peaceful protesters is unlawful. It is a clear attack on freedom of assembly \u2014 which is guaranteed by international law and Nigeria\u2019s 1999 Constitution:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigerians must not be denied the constitutionally and internationally guaranteed right to peaceful protest; through veiled threats of violence and false insinuations,\u201d the post read.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday appealed to Nigerians who plan to stage nationwide to shelve the plan.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International on Tuesday cautioned the Federal Government against threatening Nigerians planning to protest against the current hardship and hunger in the country. 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