{"id":71085,"date":"2019-12-26T19:31:30","date_gmt":"2019-12-26T18:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=71085"},"modified":"2019-12-26T19:31:30","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T18:31:30","slug":"sowore-nominated-for-united-states-prisoner-of-conscience-honour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/sowore-nominated-for-united-states-prisoner-of-conscience-honour\/","title":{"rendered":"Sowore Nominated For United States Prisoner Of Conscience Honour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m953\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Pro-democracy campaigner and journalist, Omoyele Sowore, has been nominated to receive the Prisoner of Conscience honour from the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the United States House of Representatives.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The bipartisan commission is charged with promoting, defending and advocating for international human rights.<\/p>\n<p>U.S lawmaker, Josh Gottheimer, sponsored Sowore\u2019s nomination for the prestigious recognition.<\/p>\n<p>The Congressman made the announcement during a meeting with other American politicians on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cFor months now, I have been working closely with the Sowore family, the Haworth community, the State Department, and my colleagues to advocate on Yele\u2019s (Omoyele) behalf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are urging the Nigerian Government to protect Yele\u2019s safety, provide him with the due process he deserves, and ultimately permit him to return home as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue watching the situation in Nigeria, a democracy seeking closer ties with the United States, to make sure the government respects basic human rights.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gottheimer and other members of Congress had earlier sent a letter to Nigeria\u2019s Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN), requesting that immediate steps be taken to ensure the safety and security of Sowore while still in custody and to ensure he get a credible trial.<\/p>\n<p>Sahara Reporters<\/p>\n<div data-width=\"628px\" data-minwidth=\"\" data-maxwidth=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/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>Pro-democracy campaigner and journalist, Omoyele Sowore, has been nominated to receive the Prisoner of Conscience honour from the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission of the United States House of Representatives.&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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