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Nigerian Soldiers Brutalize Peaceful Protesters in Ogoni!

  • Date of Occurrence
    October 27, 2017
  • State/Country
    Rivers State, Nigeria
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5000 Ogoni people protesting against the forceful entry into Ogoni by Shell without consultations with The Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP); were forcefully dispersed by Nigerian Soldiers, with some of them brutalized.

Details
  • State/Country
    Rivers State
  • Perpetrator
    Nigerian Soldiers
  • Legal Foundation
    Section 40 of the 1999 constitution
  • Source
    http://scannewsnigeria.com/news/nigerian-soldiers-forcefully-disperse-peaceful-protestors-in-ogoni/
Location
  • Rivers State, Nigeria

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Region
  • South South
Rights & Freedom Violated
  • Freedom of Association & Assembly

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