The Commonwealth has placed Nigeria on its watchlist over the suspension of Twitter, a microblogging platform. The body is monitoring repression of the
The Commonwealth has placed Nigeria on its watchlist over the suspension of Twitter, a microblogging platform.
“This underscores a commitment to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant human rights covenants and international instruments”, Scotland noted. “The Commonwealth Secretary-General has been following the developments in Nigeria very closely and she is engaging the relevant stakeholders”, it read in part.
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