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Nigeria Researcher at Human Rights Watch

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    8 Nov 2019

    . and I comment about recent releases of 86 children and youth from military detention in Nigeria by .

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  2. Retweeted
    Jun 5

    TechHer Condemns Twitter Ban by Buhari-led Government The announcement on Friday by banning operations in Nigeria is condemnable & an affront to the fundamental human rights of Nigerians.

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  3. Retweeted
    Jun 5

    “This repressive action is a clear attempt to censor dissent & stifle the civic space,” Human Rights Watch researcher said.

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  4. Jun 5

    In response to the Nigerian Government’s , has stated it’s commitment to restoring access for all those in the country who rely on it to communicate and connect with the world.

    We are deeply concerned by the blocking of Twitter in Nigeria. Access to the free and is an essential human right in modern society. We will work to restore access for all those in Nigeria who rely on Twitter to communicate and connect with the world.
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  5. Retweeted
    Jun 4

    The suspension of ’s activities in Nigeria by the government is an affront on the right to freedom of expression & affects citizens who rely on the platform for exposing violations of human rights

    PRESS RELEASE FG Suspends Operations in Nigeria
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  6. Retweeted
    Jun 5

    No interest in engaging legal opinion on the constitutionality of the directive. No inclination to unite and resist the imposition. No will to protect their own commercial interests and the interests of their customers. Just eagerness to show support to the government. Shame.

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    Jun 4

    Tantrumocracy.

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    Jun 4

    Nigeria's government takes to Twitter to announce it is suspending Twitter in Nigeria -- a dangerous act of censorship. The supposed reason: "the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria's corporate existence" -- whatever that means.

    PRESS RELEASE FG Suspends Operations in Nigeria
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  9. Retweeted
    Jun 4

    The has noted with great concern the extraordinary decision of the Federal Govt to suspend the operations of in Nigeria and, by necessary implication, the right of Nigerians to freely express their constitutionally guaranteed opinions through that medium.

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  10. Jun 4

    ’s Federal Government has suspended operations in the country after President Buhari’s tweets referencing the Nigerian civil war were deleted for violating Twitter’s rules. This repressive action is a clear attempt to censor dissent & stifle the civic space.

    PRESS RELEASE FG Suspends Operations in Nigeria
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  11. Retweeted
    Jun 3

    I’ll be live on in half an hour talking about the latest in the Tegina school kidnapping. 136 students were taken on Sunday and the abductors want a 100 million naira ransom. Two of the students’ mothers died after hearing of the ransom demand.

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    Jun 2

    New research on the harm caused by a palm oil plantation’s expansion in West Kalimantan underscores the urgent need for the Indonesian government to do more to protect local land rights and defend the environment.

    A child carries palm kernels collected from the ground across a creek at an oil palm plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia, November 2017. © 2017 Binsar Bakkara/AP Photo
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  13. Jun 2

    Twitter has removed a post by Nigerian President Muhammadu for violating its rules.The tweet referred to the 1967-70 Nigerian Civil War and to treating "those misbehaving today" in "the language they will understand"

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  14. Retweeted
    May 26

    Even with a new unity government in place, lifting an arms embargo that prevents the flow of weapons into would be premature and costly for civilians. The UN Security Council should maintain it.

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  15. Retweeted
    May 26

    A year after 's election, authorities have sent contradictory signals. Substantive reforms still needed to address politicized prosecutions and impunity for abuses committed under President Nkurunziza since 2015. New report

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    May 25

    The Covid-19 pandemic is fueling dangerous and exploitative child labor, reversing decades of progress. But child labor is not inevitable. NEW: Report from and on what governments and donors can do:

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  17. May 21

    Students, parents & teachers from 60 countries 🌍 told what it was like to learn during a pandemic. Their stories are a wakeup call of how badly we need to expand internet access and reimagine education to deliver to all kids, everywhere.

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    May 21

    hearings in Ali Kosheib's case Monday "are an important step toward justice" though "absence of 4 other top suspects spotlights the need for Sudanese authorities to transfer them to the ICC without further delay." More at :

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    May 21

    Next week, first ICC hearings on Darfur crimes will begin. Case of “Janjaweed” militia leader important first step for victims deprived of justice for too long. Now, ball in the court of ’s authorities to handover other key suspects. New

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    May 20

    Cho Ayaba, leader of the Ambazonia Governing Council, an Anglophone separatist group, and Biafran leader Nnamdi Kanu announced a strategic/military alliance whose scope will include joint ops+training bases. More violence to come.

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  21. Retweeted
    May 20

    Be careful what you tweet in . This joke got 24 year old law student Mike Muhima jailed incommunicado, denied access to family and lawyers for days, and charged with "offensive communication".

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    Picture of Uganda police spokesperson Fred Enanga speaking. Text above it reads, "We arrested Mr. Kyagulanyi as part of our investigation into Mr. Amuriat's missing shoes."
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