Amnesty International Announces Sanusi As New Country Director

Today, July 13, 2023, Amnesty International declared Isa Sanusi as its new Country Director for Nigeria.

Sanusi was, until his latest appointment, Amnesty International Nigeria’s media and communication manager, a position he has held since 2016, Naija News reports.

His appointment was confirmed in a statement issued on Thursday by the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Amnesty International Nigeria, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani.

Sanusi will be responsible for leading and expanding AI’s research, campaign, and advocacy work in Nigeria, with a focus on conflicts, human rights education, gender, climate change and engaging youths in the promotion and protection of human rights, the statement noted.

The appointment of Isa Sanusi as Country Director will further consolidate the impact of Amnesty International Nigeria.

He is bringing to the job seven years of experience contributing to the growth and impact of the organization in Nigeria, Rafsanjani said.

Naija News understands that Sanusi had also worked as a broadcast journalist for the BBC World Service. He served with the broadcast station for ten years and was Assistant Editor at the Daily Trust.

He has also led various human rights projects and trained human rights defenders across Nigeria.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from Bayero University Kano and a Master’s in Journalism from the University of London’s Birkbeck College.

“Isa Sanusi was part of the team for years and played a key role in major successful human rights projects. Now, Amnesty International Nigeria will enter a new phase of growth that will include supporting and working with civil society organizations, human rights defenders, and activists to advance human rights, ensure that perpetrators of rights violations are held to account and that victims enjoy access to justice and effective remedies,” Auwal Musa Rafsanjani noted in the statement made available to newsmen on Thursday.