Our organization in partnership with Nigerian Fallen Heroes and PLAY Network is carrying out humanitarian activities to cushion the effect of State lockdown in Abuja. We are also cognizant of the fact that, as the days go by, the humanitarian crisis will escalate. People who have been forced into State isolation will run out of…
Category: Human Rights
CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT ON THE STATE OF THE NATION & FG’S RESPONSE TO COVID-19
Today, we, the Civil Society Alliance Against COVID-19 (CSAA COVID-19) received with shock the news that a number of politicians have been recklessly ignoring measures for isolation of travellers returning from overseas. Most notably, the Chief of Staff to President Buhari, and the Governor of Bauchi State, have tested positive for Covid-19. We are also…
Statement on the Fundamental rights to freedom of expression, Freedom of the press and failure to reform the Criminal Justice system in Nigeria.
Position of coalition of civil society organizations read by Mbasekei Martin Obono, Executive Director, Tap Nitiative at the 65TH ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS BANJUL, THE GAMBIA, OCTOBER 2019 Nigerians, human rights organisations and Human rights defenders in Nigeria are concerned by the continued stifling of the press, erosion…
REPORT: Colloquium on Shrinking Media and Civic Space in Nigeria On 7th November 2019
BACKGROUND Even though the attention of the world was on the role of the media in elections and democracy on this year’s World Press Freedom Day in May, the shadow of last year’s murderous attacks on free speech and journalists still loom large. Will this be the new normal? In July, The Economist, quoting a…
#OpenTheGatesNG
On the 29th of April, we held our #OpenTheGatesNG project aimed at decongesting the Nigerian prisons. In collaboration with the Corps Legal Aid CDS FCT, we carried out an initiative to pay fines for inmates whose offences were misdemeanours but could not afford to pay minor fines and have been in prison for a long…
Coming Soon!
#OpenTheGatesNg is a TapNitiative project aimed at decongesting the Nigerian prisons. In collaboration with Corps Legal Aid CDS FCT, we will be carrying out an initiative to pay fines for inmates whose offences were misdemeanors but cannot afford to pay minor fines and have been prison for a long time. This project is with an…