2020 Report Summary Speech
It is not news that Nigeria is in a precarious place right now and in need of urgent interventions to restore peace and security across the nation.
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MEDIA
Press Statements
Statements and releases issued by Global Rights, and the joint statements we have signed alongside other civil society organisations, on the events and decisions we have asked the public to hold to account.
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Female Genital mutilation: A byproduct of gender inequality.
Cultural practice, family honor, vaginal purity amongst others is some of the reasons proponents of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) stipulate to be the rationale for their continuation of this anachronistic practice. Female Genital Mutilation is a barbaric and medieval practice that involves a process that alters or injures the female genital areas for none medical reasons.
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Fake News: Secret Execution of Six (6) Igbo Soldiers
The Joint National Action Civil Society Coalition has denounced as fake news the story of the summary trial and execution of six Christian soldiers of Igbo extraction within the Nigerian Army which has been reported in the media, dismissing it as a tool of distraction and division by malignant agents.
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Acquittal of 13-year-old Umar Farouq in Blasphemy Case, a step in the right direction
Global Rights wishes to applaud the move by the Kano High Court (Appeal Division) to acquit and discharge the case against 13-year-old minor, Master Umar Farouq, who had previously been sentenced to a 10-year stay in prison on charges of blasphemy.
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Meet our Sheroes – Hajia Asma’u Joda
Hajia Joda is a feminist and a human rights activist based in Yola, Adamawa State in north-eastern Nigeria. She is the founder of the Centre for Women and Adolescent Empowerment, an organization that works with the community to empower women and adolescents to take responsibility for their own rights.
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Meet our Sheroes – Aisha Bakari Gombi
Aisha Bakari Gombi was born and raised near the Sambisa forest, the headquarters of Boko Haram. She is one of the few women who have been recruited by Nigerian soldiers as a volunteer to fight the terrorist group.
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Meet our Sheroes – Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti
Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti was born in Abeokuta, in present-day Ogun State, Nigeria. She was one of the first women to attend Abeokuta Grammar School in 1914, where she later taught.
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Meet our Sheroes – Gambo Sawaba
Born in Zaria, Kaduna state to Fatima (Nupe) and Isa Amarteifo (a Ghanaian), Gambo Sawaba was a Nigerian politician and activist and was well known for her charitable causes, especially for fighting for the liberation of northern women.
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Looking through historic lenses, #SherosPastNPresent
When students of history learn about the roles of the “founding fathers” who paved the way for Nigeria’s sovereignty and fought for our identity, they rarely learned of Mrs. Grace Eniola Soyinka, Madames Nwanyereuwa, Mary Okezie, Gambo Saweba, and their catalysic influence in shaping our independence and nationhood.
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PRESS RELEASE: USE OF LETHAL FORCE ON #ENDSARS PROTESTERS
Global Rights condemns in its entirety the use of lethal force by law enforcement agents on #ENDSARS protesters in Lagos state. The extrajudicial killing of unarmed protesters who were singing the national anthem cannot be justified under any circumstance and such an atrocious violation of the rights of citizens must not go unpunished.
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Southern Kaduna on My Mind: A Visit to Rimau
Southern Kaduna has been a hotbed of various conflicts with socio-political, cultural, religious and ethnic underpinnings. Between 1980 till date, it is estimated that at least 22,000 persons have died, and at least 2million persons have been displaced by the violent conflicts in the region.
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Press Statement -Blasphemy Sentences
Global Rights has in two separate petitions called on the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, and the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, for an urgent intervention in the blasphemy sentences against Mr. Yahaya Sharif-Aminu and 13-year-old, Master Umar Farouq.
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Artisanal Miners in Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic and measures put in place by the state government to contain the spread poses lots of challenges to artisanal miners and the host communities.
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The Almajiri Child’s Life Matters Too – COVID-19
The outbreak of the global pandemic (Corona Virus or COVID-19) has brought about a change in world affairs. While talking of humanity here, it is important to recognize the vulnerable Almajiri children, whose plight have been that of neglect, denial, abuse, inequality, to say the least.
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My Experience during the Corona Virus Lockdown – By Judith Ngozi
As an essential service provider, I have had to spend most of my days outdoors than indoors and I have truly come to appreciate the serenity of the environment.
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