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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.

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    • Date of Occurrence

      2017-10-27

    • State/Country

      Rivers State, Nigeria

    • Perpetrator

      Nigerian Soldiers

    • Legal Foundation

      Section 40 of the 1999 constitution

    • Source

      http://scannewsnigeria.com/news/nigerian-soldiers-forcefully-disperse-peaceful-protestors-in-ogoni/

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    Rights & Freedom Violated
    • Right to Freedom of Association & Assembly
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