http://www.nigerdeltarising.org/taxonomy/term/280/all en http://www.nigerdeltarising.org/resources/press-releases/2009/06/05/government-clampdown-anti-jtf-dissidents <p>As part of a government effort to suppress political dissent to the on-going<br /> military attacks on civilian targets in the oil bearing communities, several youth<br /> leaders are being arrested by the military Joint Task Force in the Niger Delta.</p> <p>Three past leaders of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), Dr. Felix Tuodolor, Jonjon<br /> Oyiefie and Famous Daunemiegha have been arrested in Bayelsa state on trumped-up<br /> charges of attempted murder.</p> <p>The men are currently being detained in Yenagoa and have been kept incommunicado<br /> without access to their lawyers.</p> <div class="field field-type-datestamp field-field-pub-date"> <div class="field-label">Publication Date:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">Friday, June 5, 2009</span> </div> </div> </div> MEND clampdown dissidents JTF Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:46:20 +0000 McDelta 239 at http://www.nigerdeltarising.org