Make protecting human rights a priority – Amnesty International tells Tinubu
Bola Tinubu has did not defend human rights in Nigeria after spending six months in workplace because the nation’s president, Amnesty International has stated.
The worldwide human rights physique stated this at a public presentation of a doc titled “Nigeria: Human Rights Agenda 2023”, in Abuja, on Wednesday, November 29.
“Tinubu has revealed new government policies that do not address rampant human rights violations across the country,” stated a press launch issued on the launch of the human rights agenda.
The physique added that Tinubu has the chance to make sure that everybody enjoys human rights.
It urged the president to “hold perpetrators of past rights violations accountable.”
In a gap assertion, Isa Sanusi, Country Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, stated it was crucial to set an agenda for the Tinubu-led administration within the space of human rights safety.
“We implore the government to make the protection of human rights its priority, ensuring that the rights of all Nigerians are protected and that perpetrators of rights violations do not go unpunished.
“We call on the government to study the document and come up with a plan on how to implement it,” Sanusi stated.
Furthermore, Auwal Rafsanjani, board chairman of Amnesty International Nigeria, stated the human rights physique was not “anti-government” however opposed the blatant rights violations which might be rampant within the nation.
Rafsanjani urged the federal government to forestall rights violations and “if they occur, the government must investigate and bring the perpetrators to justice.”
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