{"id":82154,"date":"2021-06-13T10:30:19","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T09:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=82154"},"modified":"2021-06-13T10:30:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T09:30:19","slug":"june-12-stop-attacks-on-peaceful-protesters-amnesty-urges-fg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/june-12-stop-attacks-on-peaceful-protesters-amnesty-urges-fg\/","title":{"rendered":"June 12: Stop attacks on peaceful protesters \u2013 Amnesty Urges FG"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1702439258271281244\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Amnesty International has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to end attacks on peaceful protesters in Nigeria.<\/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\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Civil society organisation in a statement on Saturday stressed that it received reports of attacks on protesters on June 12 Democracy Day on Saturday.The statement read in part, \u201cAmnesty International has been receiving disturbing reports of attacks on peaceful protesters in Abuja, Lagos and Ibadan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome protesters have also been arrested while others were injured.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe again call on the Nigerian authorities to respect human rights and end attacks on peaceful protesters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, The FCT Police Command said it successfully dispersed members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN)-Shiites and other groups from taking advantage of the June 12 Democracy Day to embark on protest in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>FCT command Police Public Relations Officer, Yusuf Mariam, disclosed this on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Amnesty International calls for immediate reversal of ban on Twitter in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/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 has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to end attacks on peaceful protesters in Nigeria. 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