Global rights group, Amnesty
International, has issued a travel advisory for Nigerians and other foreigners
travelling to the United States of America amid the incessant cases of gun
violence and mass shootings.
According to AI, persons
travelling to the US should exercise caution and have an emergency contingency
plan.
It asked visitors to avoid
crowded places including shopping malls, churches and cultural events.
The rights group said depending
on your gender, skin colour and ethnic background, you may be at a higher risk
of being targeted with gun violence and should plan accordingly.
The advisory read, “The Amnesty
International travel advisory for the country of the United States of America
calls on people worldwide to exercise caution and have an emergency contingency
plan when travelling throughout the USA.
“This travel advisory is being
issued in light of ongoing high levels of gun violence in the country.
Depending on the traveller’s gender identity, race, country of origin, ethnic
background or sexual orientation, they may be at higher risk of being targeted
with gun violence and should plan accordingly.”
The rights group said under
international human rights, the US has an obligation to enact a range of
measures at the federal, state and local levels to regulate access to firearms
and protect the rights of people.
AI, however, accused the United
States Government of failing to take appropriate steps to curb gun violence
According to the World Bank,
Nigerians constitute the highest number of Africans in the US.
Ironically, the US has been
issuing travel advisories against travelling to many parts of Nigeria over
insecurity.
Following the spate of mass
shootings in the US, many countries have issued travel advisory against
travelling to the US.
The Japanese Embassy in the US
released a statement on Sunday calling the United States a “gun society” and
urging Japanese nationals to stay alert after the Dayton shooting.
Some other countries that have
issued similar travel advisories against the US include: The Bahamas, New
Zealand, Venezuela and Uruguay.
The US has the 28th-highest rate
of deaths from gun violence in the world, according to a 2017 report by the
University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
Four or more people have been
killed in a mass shooting in the US every 47 days since June 2015, a Washington
Post analysis found.
The Nigerian government has,
however, refused to issue similar advisories.
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