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September 10, 2019 News Release

Nigeria: Military Holding Children as Boko Haram Suspects

Thousands Have Been Held in Deplorable Conditions

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August 27, 2019 Commentary

What Happens When Trafficking Survivors Get Home

A Nigerian woman sits in a center in Benin City.
August 27, 2019 News Release

Nigeria: Anguish, Poverty Confront Trafficking Survivors

End Detention in Shelters, Provide More Support

A woman from Cameroon sits with her baby in a private shelter in Lagos, Nigeria.
August 27, 2019 Witness

Witness: No Reprieve for Trafficking Survivors in Nigeria

Government Should Provide Victims With Better Support

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August 7, 2019 News Release

Nigeria: Activist’s Detention a Sign of Growing Intolerance

Release or Charge Detainee; Allow Peaceful Protests

Omoyele Sowore, pro-democracy activist and founder of Sahara Reporters news agency © 2016 Mohamed Nanabhay (via Wikimedia)
July 30, 2019 News Release

Nigeria: Court Bans Shia Group

Decision Tramples on Basic Rights of Religious Movement

Members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, a Shia group, demand the release of the group’s leader, Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky, who was arrested on December 14, 2015.  © AP Photo/Muhammed Giginyu
July 25, 2019 Dispatches

Insurgents in Nigeria Hold 6 Aid Workers

Attacks on Relief Agencies Worsen Humanitarian Crisis

A screen grab taken from a video released on July 25, 2019 allegedly showing a female aid worker from Action Against Hunger and five male colleagues kidnapped in an attack in northeast Nigeria last week.
July 24, 2019 News Release

Nigeria: Deadly Crackdown on Shia Protest

Allow Peaceful Demonstrations; End Use of Excessive Force

Members of the Shia Islamic Movement in Nigeria in protest march for the release of their leader in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, on July 22, 2019. © Private 2019
July 4, 2019 Dispatches

UK Gets it Wrong on Human Trafficking in Nigeria

Home Office Memo Ignores Suffering of Trafficking Survivors

Nigerian teenagers and young women selling sex in Italy
June 28, 2019 Dispatches

Nigeria’s Wavering Commitment to Freedom of Expression

Broad Claims of National Security Threaten Rights

Two men check their phones in Kaduna, Nigeria
June 10, 2019 Report

Nigeria: Widespread Violence Ushers in President’s New Term

Investigate Attacks, Ensure Justice

Nigeria’s military guard the campaign headquarters of President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria,Feb. 25, 2019. © AP Photo/Jerome Delay
April 15, 2019 News Release

Nigeria: 5 Years After Chibok, Children Still at Risk

Many Still Unaccounted For; Abductions Continue

One of the kidnapped Chibok girls celebrates with a family member following her release in Abuja, Nigeria, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016.
April 4, 2019 Dispatches

Video Exposes Beatings by Nigerian Security Forces

Officials Should Investigate and Ensure Justice

Image from video circulating online, which appears to implicate Nigerian security forces in abuse of a group of men.
March 14, 2019 Statement

Violence against Women Pervasive in Nigeria

Adoption of Nigeria's UPR

Pallbearers carry coffins during the funeral service for people killed during clashes between cattle herders and farmers in Ibrahim Babangida Square in the Benue state capital, Makurdi, January 11, 2018. Violence between the mainly Muslim Fulani herdsmen
January 25, 2019 Dispatches

Nigeria Passes Disability Rights Law

Offers Hope of Inclusion, Improved Access

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