By JKNewsMedia
TREASON CHARGES against peaceful citizens continue to be described as an assault on their fundamental freedoms by the Initiative Against Human Right Abuse and Torture (INAHURAT).
INAHURAT states that the ongoing prosecution of the eleven Abuja End Bad Governance peaceful protesters rests on fabricated accusations that do not reflect their conduct.
It stresses that these citizens prepared to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday 10, 2025, after an arrest that the group says targeted their decision to exercise constitutionally protected freedoms.
The INAHURAT explains that these protesters, known widely as the Abuja 11, were arrested while exercising rights that Sections 39 and 40 of the 1999 Constitution, guarantee.
It also cites the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (ACGPR) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) stating that these instruments reinforce the freedoms that the protesters sought to express and presenting the arrest as an action that contradicts these legal and moral foundations.
INAHURAT warns that the arrest and prosecution represent a grave assault on democratic freedoms, civic participation and respect for the rule of law in Nigeria.
It further maintains that peaceful protest is not treason and presents this as a core concern surrounding the charges, adding that dissent is not a crime and states that human rights activism must not be treated as insurrection.
Firmly, the organisation frames these points as essential to understanding the gravity of the charges the protesters will confront in court.
Continuing, INAHURAT argues that the attempt to use state instruments against peaceful citizens marks a dangerous shift toward authoritarian suppression of legitimate grievances.
It ties this development to Nigeria commitments under the UDHR and highlights the significance of the timing because the international community commemorates the adoption of the declaration on the same day the citizens stand trial.
It also links the case to wider national conversations on rights, governance and the cost of living during the Yuletide season and identifies the media focus on the Abuja eleven within these discussions.
INAHURAT’s release states that a live analysis on these issues will hold at 8.00am Tuesday morning with co-presenters named Idris, Shugge and Anayo and guest, Comrade Gerald O Katchy, a rights activist and public affairs analyst.
The general public is then urged to join from any location through Democracy Radio 100.9FM on Radio Garden via the link https://radio.garden/listen/democracy-radio-104-9-fm/RjWiKALv and frames the broadcast as part of the ongoing engagement on governance, human rights and the concerns raised by the Abuja 11.
