Amnesty International Nigeria released its 2025 Annual Report, detailing widespread human rights abuses across the country. The report, launched in Abuja, highlights escalating insecurity, erosion of civic freedoms, economic hardship, and systemic impunity. Maurice Chukwu presented Nigeria's section at the event, titled "The state of the world's human rights." The findings paint a grim picture of conditions throughout 2024, with documented cases of unlawful killings, arbitrary arrests, suppression of dissent, and restricted press freedom. The organisation recorded incidents of excessive force by security agencies, particularly in regions affected by conflict. Civic space continues to shrink, with activists, journalists, and opposition figures facing harassment and detention. The report also underscores the federal government's failure to hold perpetrators accountable. Economic rights were severely undermined, as poverty and unemployment exacerbated existing vulnerabilities. Amnesty International called for urgent reforms to protect fundamental freedoms and ensure justice for victims. No specific recommendations or new investigative findings were detailed beyond the general assessment.
Maurice Chukwu presented a damning account of state-backed abuses while representing an organisation that relies on federal tolerance to operate, raising questions about the sustainability of such criticism without reprisal. Nigerians named in the report as targets of arbitrary arrest or harassment now face even greater risk of retaliation, given the lack of safeguards for those exposed. The government's continued allowance of Amnesty's operations, despite the severity of the allegations, suggests either selective enforcement or a strategic tolerance of criticism without consequence.
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