{"id":53529,"date":"2016-09-29T09:40:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-29T08:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=53529"},"modified":"2016-09-29T09:40:19","modified_gmt":"2016-09-29T08:40:19","slug":"amnesty-international-accuses-buhari-dictatorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/amnesty-international-accuses-buhari-dictatorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Amnesty International Accuses Buhari of Dictatorship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is trying to muzzle<br \/>\ndissent by arresting and intimidating journalists and protesters, Amnesty<br \/>\nInternational said in a statement <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_945364462\"><span class=\"aQJ\">on Wednesday<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The London-based rights group cites examples of police blocking peaceful<br \/>\nprotests. Those protests include activists demanding the government rescue<br \/>\nmore than 200 kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, Shiite Muslims demanding the<br \/>\nrelease of their long-detained leader and separatists calling for an<br \/>\nindependent Biafra in the southeast.<\/p>\n<p>The statement <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_945364463\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Wednesday<\/span><\/span> says Amnesty has documented cases of enforced<br \/>\ndisappearances and killings of pro-Biafra supporters by security forces.<\/p>\n<p>It also cites the detention of several journalists critical of officials<br \/>\nin the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty says the intimidation appears to be \u201ca barefaced attempt by the<br \/>\nNigerian government to muzzle dissenting voices.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It urges the government to halt detentions without trial and the excessive<br \/>\nuse of force. 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