POLICE BRUTALITY ON ILAJE STUDENTS – QUESTIONS FOR DEMOCRACY
By Elvis-Wura Towolawi One of the hallmarks and pillars; nay, benefits of a virile democracy is the leverage given to the citizenry to...
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Jan 6, 20156 min read
Road Map 2015 Via The Freeedom Of Iinformation ACT
As Nigeria prepares for the 2015 Elections, Seermber Nyager takes a look at the elections from the perspective of the Freedom of...
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Dec 29, 20145 min read
COMBATTING GLOBAL RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
the implementation of Human Rights Council resolution 16/18 by Marc Limon, Nazila Ghanea and Hilary Power It is almost impossible to turn...
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Nov 5, 20144 min read
Ebola, Human Rights and Poverty – Making the Links
Alicia Ely Yamin 23 October 2014 The catastrophic Ebola crisis unfolding in West Africa offers many lessons, not least for global...
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Jun 3, 20143 min read
On Ban of #BringBackOurGirls Protest in Abuja: A Response
The beauty and glory of any democracy lies in the ability of the people to voice dissent–Free expression. In fact, the cardinal pillars...
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Jun 1, 20144 min read
BENUE: OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS TEACHERS, STRIKES AND WAGES
By Rommy Mom That Primary Schools in Benue have been closed owing to industrial actions by teachers for nearly 7 months is no news. What...
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May 4, 20143 min read
CHIBOK, EDUCATION AND NIGERIA
The recent abduction of over 234 female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State during their S.S.C.E Exams by...
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Mar 29, 20142 min read
THE DANGOTE CEMENT (MBAYION) KILLINGS AND COMMUNITY RESPONSE
BEING A PRESS RELEASE BY LAWYERS ALERT For Decades, the Mbayion community, located in Gboko local government area of Benue State, home to...
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Mar 28, 20144 min read
EGYPTIAN MASS DEATH VERDICTS: KILLING DEMOCRACY
The world on Monday 24th march 2014 was shocked when an Egyptian trial court, sitting in the central city of Minya, handed down death...
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Feb 27, 20142 min read
Index Freedom of Expression Awards: Advocacy nominee Rommy Mom
By Taylor Walker / 25 February, 2014 Rommy Mom is Nigeria’s David fighting the Goliath of a dysfunctional government. Mom, president of...
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Feb 27, 20142 min read
MBAYION COMMUNITY AND LAWYERS ALERT REVIEW DOCUMENTATION OF ECONOMIC RIGHTS VIOLATION PROJECT.
……Laz Aule Lawyers Alert and the Executive Committee of the Mbayion Community met on the 13th of February 2014, to review and analyze the...
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Feb 19, 20143 min read
GISHIRI VILLAGE MOB ACTION AGAINST DEFENCELESS CITIZENS SUSPECTED TO BE GAYS
PRESS RELEASE BY LAWYERS ALERT Lawyers Alert views with concern the Gishiri village mob action led by one Pastor Blaze wherein he...
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Feb 14, 20143 min read
GAY RIGHTS, THE FAMILY & THE RIGHT OF HUMANITY
The outpouring of outrage and counter-rage surrounding the passage of the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Law 2013 in Nigeria which...
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Feb 12, 20146 min read
World Report 2014 – Nigeria ( Rights & Governance)
Horrific abuses in the north by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram and the Nigerian security forces’ heavy-handed response to this...
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Feb 11, 20141 min read
Avocats Sans Frontières France, renews efforts to curb torture practices in Nigeria.
Press Release – Avocats Sans Frontières France / Lawyers Without Borders France Abuja, February 11, 2014 Following a successful three...
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Feb 10, 20144 min read
In Cote d’ Ivoire Civil Society Leads Efforts To Realise Reparative Justice
Nearly three years after violence in Cote d’Ivoire claimed the lives of over three thousand civilians and displaced hundreds of...
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Feb 5, 20143 min read
The corporate irresponsibility of the Internet Service Providers
By Fr. Shay Cullen Human Rights Online Philippines By Fr. Shay Cullen Child protection police working with Interpol and Europol have...
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Dec 16, 20135 min read
Growing Repression Of Free Speech And Attack On Human Rights Defenders In Nigeria
By Victoria Ohaeri Victoria Ohaeri The growing repression of citizen reporters and advocates that challenge the never-seen-before levels...
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Dec 6, 20131 min read
A new anti-homosexuality law in Nigeria
by Colin Stewart Location of Katsina State in Nigeria. The legislature of Katsina State in northern Nigeria added to that country’s...
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Dec 4, 20131 min read
NIGERIA: SOCIAL MEDIA CRITICS TO GO TO JAIL
The Senate has reached an advanced stage to pass a bill that seeks seven years jail term for social media critics found guilty of...
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