Amnesty International has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to drop its charges against the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore.
In a statement issued on Wednesday, November 20, 2019, by its programme manager, Seun Bakare, the organization says it considers Sowore and Agba Jalingo as prisoners of conscience for criticizing the government.
The organisation therefore asks the government to release the activists immediately and unconditionally.
The statement reads, “We consider Sowore, Jalingo and Bakare to be prisoners of conscience detained solely for exercising their human rights.
