#GlobalHandwashingDay: “Doubling investment in WASH will help prevent the spread of Covid-19” – WaterAid
“It is unacceptable that in the midst of the global Covid-19 pandemic – where clean water and hygiene offer a vital first line of defence against the disease – over…
#EndSARS: CDD condemns police brutality, calls on PMB, IGP to take swift action!
“It is disheartening that the very individuals entrusted to protect us have become trigger happy, bloodthirsty extortionists. We call on the IGP of the police to take swift action to…
Apply: Network of Pro-Bono Lawyers’ Virtual Justice Debate 2020!
Are you a Final year law student or young lawyer of 1 to 4 years post call hoping to render pro-bono legal services to indigent Nigerians or already handling pro…
Blasphemy: Global Rights urges relevant authorities to save Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, and 13-year-old Umar Farouq from unjust capital punishment
“Every person shall be entitled to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, including freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom (either alone or in community with others, and…
Establishment of Disability Commission: ActionAid Nigeria Lauds FGN, Calls for Domestication at all levels of Governance.
With an estimated population of 25 million Nigerians with disability (Human Rights Watch 2019), the need for a Disability Commission is long overdue and we applaud the Federal Government for…
WaterAid, Heineken African Foundation synergize to launch “Scale Up Hygiene” Project in Africa
WaterAid, an International non-profit working in 28 countries to improve access to clean water and good hygiene has received massive collaborative support from Heineken Africa Foundation for her new “Scale…
Amnesty Int’l condemns death sentence imposed on Kano-based singer, demands his freedom
Amnesty International has condemned in totality the heinous crime of capital punishment about to be perpetrated against one Kano-based Singer, Yahaya Sharif who has been accused and declared guilty of…
Global Rights calls for an end to Police Brutality against the Nigerian citizens!
The right to peaceful assembly and free expression are foundational principles of any democracy. As a democratic country, Nigeria is founded on the principles of the supremacy of the Constitution,…
#RevolutionNow Protest: “Attack on peaceful protesters a violation of human rights” – CDD
The Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD) has condemned the attacks on, and arrests of protesters affiliated with the #RevolutionNow movement in three states of the country: Abuja, Lagos, and…
AWLN Says Gender-Based violence must be stopped in Nigeria, urges FG to Strengthen Criminal Justice system
Gender-based violence is a human rights and public health concern and a form of discrimination, which contradicts all relevant international instruments and norms acceded to by Nigeria regarding the rights…