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Human rights activist and #FreeNnamdiKanuNow campaigner, Omoyele Sowore, was on Friday re-arrested by the police shortly after appearing before the Kuje Magistrate Court in Abuja. Sowore, alongside Prince Emmanuel Kanu — brother of the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu — a former member of Kanu’s legal team, Aloy Ejimakor, and 10 others, had earlier been…

Security operatives re-arrest Faisal Maina – Lawyer tells court

Mr Mohammed Sheriff, lawyer to Rep Umar Dan-Galadima, who stood as surety for Faisal, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, the ex-Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), told Justice Okon Abang that the defendant (Faisal) has been arrested by security operatives. The development occurred when Sheriff appealed to Justice Abang to suspend the hearing of the forfeiture proceedings since Faisal had,…

Turkish authorities on Tuesday detained prominent philanthropist Osman Kavala over charges linked to a failed 2016 coup attempt, hours after he was acquitted on terrorism-related charges.

Istanbul prosecutors said they would appeal the court's ruling which acquitted Kavala, 63, and eight other activists of organising the 2013 Gezi park protest in an attempt to overthrow the Turkish government.

His renewed detention, they added, relates to a separate investigation into his role in the July 15, 2016 attempted coup.

The government of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blames the US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen of being behind the failed coup and have sicne then cracked down on his alleged followers, arresting tens of thousands under a state of emergency.

Kavala's fresh arrest and the charges he now faces have been described as "vindictive and lawless" by Philippe Dam, Human Rights Watch's advocacy director for Europe and Central Asia.

Sowore’s re-arrest: Reps order immediate investigation of DSS’ court invasion

The House of Representatives on Tuesday called for an investigation into the invasion of an Abuja Federal High Court by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS.

The lower legislative chamber directed its relevant committees to probe the alleged DSS invasion of the court.

Minority Leader of the House, Ndudi Elumelu raised the matter on the floor of the House during plenary.

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Altan was detained on Tuesday after prosecutors appealed against a court decision to free him and another veteran journalist, Nazli Ilicak, last week under supervision.

Turkey Detains Top Journalist Ahmet Altan is one of the most prominent journalists to be detained in the widespread, and heavily criticized, government crackdown – The New York Times https://t.co/UqlR9TVdW3

— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) November 13, 2019

The pair were convicted of “helping a terrorist group” in connection with the failed 2016 coup to overthrow President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, though they have denied any involvement.

“The lack of credible grounds to re-arrest Ahmet Altan and his renewed imprisonment, reversing the court’s initial decision to release him, further damages the credibility of Turkey’s judiciary, in particular due to the high level of political interference,” a spokesperson for the EU diplomatic service said in a statement.