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August 29, 2019

Calls Grow for Nigeria to Release Imprisoned Journalist Omoyele Sowore
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Human rights defenders continue to call for the release of Nigerian
journalist and activist Omoyele Sowore. Sowore, who publishes the online
news site Sahara Reporters, was arrested on August 3 after calling for
nationwide protests under the banner "Revolution Now." He ran against
President Muhammadu Buhari earlier this year in an election he said
"lacked a level playing field." A coalition of press freedom
organizations and human rights groups recently petitioned the United
Nations and the African Union, while a group called the African
Renaissance Organization sent a petition to the U.S. Department of State
asking the U.S. government to apply pressure on President Muhammadu
Buhari for Sowore's release.


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