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Nigeria: Sowore, Bakare and Jalingo declared prisoners of conscience

Nigeria: Sowore, Bakare and Jalingo declared prisoners of conscience

PRESS RELEASE Amnesty International has declared human rights defenders Omoyele Sowore, Olawale Bakare and Agba Jalingo prisoners of conscience, as they have faced ongoing arbitrary detention and unfair trials solely for exercising their right to freedom of expression. The Nigerian authorities at both federal and state levels have repeatedly targeted human rights defenders, activists and

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