Choosing the Right Approach for Promoting Human Rights in Nigeria.
By Leslie Whyte, ICT / Media Officer Documenting human rights abuses is the heart of human rights work. The effectiveness of human rights...
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Oct 28, 20193 min read
HOW TO USE SOCIAL MEDIA IN FIGHTING HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE
By Ifeyinwa Onochie In recent time, social media has become an important part of our daily lives from shopping to connecting with...
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Jun 17, 20194 min read
THE CLASS ACT OF THE 8TH BENUE ASSEMBLY AND THE VAPP LAW
By Jerome Uneje “Hmmm…Torkwase my sister, so it’s true that everything about the domestication of the Violence Against Persons...
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May 27, 20193 min read
AN X-RAY: THE IMPLICATIONS OF FEMALE SEX WORK IN NIGERIA
By Chigoziem Ellen Onugha Esq As human beings, one of the things we find so difficult to desist from doing is the setting apart of morals...
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May 13, 20196 min read
Dusk: A Dangerous Time To Be Female In Nigeria
By Rommy Mom Esq The periodic indiscriminate arrest of women in Abuja has a history. Whenever there is push back either from intensive...
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Apr 15, 20193 min read
PETTY OFFENCES; THE NIGERIAN CONTEXT
By Roseline Oghenebrume, Director Programs, Lawyers Alert Dawn sets in the suburbs of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria....
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Mar 25, 20193 min read
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES (PROHIBITION) ACT 2018: WAY FORWARD
By Ifeyinwa Onochie The National Population Commission of Nigeria (NPC) has estimated that no fewer than 19 million Nigerians are living...
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Jan 17, 20195 min read
Love and Equity: The Stride towards ending Gender Based Violence
By Jerome Uneje Baba Junior, not again! “Must you always look for an excuse to hit me…tonight you will kill me o! Just because you think...
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Jan 17, 20194 min read
Effect Of Rape On Women/Girls
By Yua Miriam A taxi driver on his way to the motor park was attracted to a young lady who is a newspaper vendor. He decided to stop by...
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Apr 28, 20181 min read
LAWYERS ALERT RELEASES REPORT ON MILITARY INVASION OF NAKA, BENUE STATE, NIGERIA.
Following the invasion and razing down of the Naka, a town in Benue state by the Nigeria military on the 19th day of April, 2018, Lawyers...
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Jul 16, 20175 min read
Lawyers Alert sensitize Journalists on Sexual Reproductive Health Rights
The training was organized by Lawyers Alert for journalists as part of a sensitization and advocacy drive within the media community. The...
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Jan 15, 20173 min read
Reason to monitor Human Rights Abuses
By Sunday Adaji Esq One common denominator among human rights defenders is the passion to fight, protect, and defend the fundamental...
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Nov 29, 20153 min read
Lawyers Alert Brings Human Rights Lawyers together on provision of legal literacy and access to just
By Roseline Oghnebrume Lawyers Alert in partnership with UNAIDS Nigeria, brought together human rights lawyers under the auspices of...
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Aug 26, 20153 min read
The Politics Of Gay Marriage In Nigeria
By Leo Igwe President Muhammad Buhari has stated during his recent visit to the US that his government would not consider decriminalizing...
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Aug 16, 20156 min read
Is Agip Above The Law?
August 16, 2015Premium Times I am not a fan of any of the multi-national oil companies operating in the country. The reason for my...
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Jun 23, 20153 min read
AU And The Al-Bashir Challenge
President Al-Bashir’s atrocities in Sudan’s Darfur region churn the stomach. African leaders who are shielding him from arrest do...
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Jun 6, 20152 min read
Nigeria’s president must prosecute crimes by rebels, army: U.N
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations’ top human rights official called on Nigeria’s new President Muhammadu Buhari...
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Apr 16, 20153 min read
Why black South Africans are attacking foreign Africans but not foreign whites
By Sibusiso Tsahabalala The attacks on migrant shop owners in Durban this week reminds us the position of foreigner in South Africa is a...
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Jan 14, 20151 min read
Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ravina Shamdasani condemns Baga terror m
We deeply deplore the vicious, ruthless attacks against civilians in the northeastern Nigerian town of Baga, where Boko Haram has...
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Jan 10, 20152 min read
A PLEA FOR WASILAT TASI’U
By Elvis-Wura Towolawi Take this as an unofficial allocotus, but we cannot turn a blind eye to a social sore that’s fast festering. A...
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