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FG opposes human rights defenders bill, says it's duplication of legislations - The Nation Newspaper The Nation Newspaper FG opposes human rights defenders bill, says it's duplication of legislations

https://leadership.ng/un-others-back-human-rights-defenders-protection-funding-bills-2/

UN, Others Back Human Rights Defenders Protection, Funding Bills The United Nations (UN) has expressed strong support for the bills seeking to protect human rights defenders and sustain contributions to the fund for human

Development Dynamics with the support of International Service for Human Rights facilitated a Legislative Advocacy Dialogue on the Nigeria Human Rights Defenders Bill with the members of the House of Representatives Committee on Human Rights in Abuja today. It was a frank and fruitful dialogue. We look forward to the enactment of the Act.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/08/us-report-raises-concerns-over-security-justice-in-nigeria/

US report raises concerns over security, justice in Nigeria "The shortage of trial judges, trial backlogs, endemic corruption, bureaucratic inertia, and undue political influence seriously hampered the judicial system. Some detainees had their cases delayed because the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigerian Prisons Service did not have vehicles to transport t...

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Amnesty International’s Red Flag on Nigeria - THISDAYLIVE Chido Nwangwu writes about the latest report of Amnesty International which chronicles identified insecurity and human rights abuses in the South East geo-political zone in the last five years. Amnesty

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/08/i-regret-coming-back-to-nigeria-92-yr-old-mourns-as-son-dies-in-police-cell/

I regret coming back to Nigeria — 92-yr-old mourns, as son dies in police cell For 92-year-old Festus Arhagba, life has become an endless nightmare of grief and regret after his 50-year-old son, Kingsley, reportedly died in police custody at the Ajeromi Division, Lagos, under what he described as a chilling mix of “deception, cruelty and extortion.”

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/08/nigeria-thousands-killed-hundreds-forcibly-disappeared-two-years-south-east/

Thousands killed, hundreds forcibly disappeared in Nigeria Brutal protest clampdown plunged South-East into cycle of bloodshed.

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A Bill for an Act to Recognize and Protect Human rights Defenders and enhance BY Hon. Peter Makinde A Bill for an Act to Recognize and Protect Human rights Defenders and enhance BY Hon. Peter Makinde

Criminalizing indecent dressing will always be a bad idea. It is easy to weaponize legislation like this.

Delta State Police Command posted this on their official X handle, warning people against 'indecent dressing,' using a woman to illustrate what indecent dressing looks like because women are often the target of such laws.

The Imo State VAPP law of 2021, like Delta State's, criminalizes indecent dressing. The problem with that section of VAPP is that the definition of 'indecent dressing' is vague, which allows for multiple interpretations and leaves people vulnerable to human rights abuses.