Civil rights advocacy group, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has lambasted politicians criticising the endorsement of 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, by former President Olusegun Obasanjo, calling them “undemocratic and anarchists.”
HURIWA in a statement on Monday by its National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, the group said the criticism by those who are opposed to the endorsement of Obi has shown that they would be “intolerant to dissenting opinions and could progressively become dictators.”
“The right to freedom of expression is enshrined in Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which sets out in broad terms the human rights that each of us has,” the civil rights group said.
“It was later protected by a raft of international and regional treaties. Freedom of speech or freedom of expression applies to ideas that may be deeply offensive.
