“Soldiers are not what frightens Shekau and his gang, Boko Haram. What frightens them is a girl with a book” – Laurent Duvillier It’s...

By Rommy Mom That Primary Schools in Benue have been closed owing to industrial actions by teachers for nearly 7 months is no news. What...

Staff of Index on Censorship and Rommy Mom Esq of Lawyers Alert give voice to the Campaign #BringBackOurGirls #Chibok

May 17 2014 The International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia provides an opportunity to reaffirm that the rights of LGBT people...

Following the abduction of the nearly 300 School girls at Chibok by Boko Haram and their lily livered Shecow, sorry Shekau, women largely...

by Eze Onyekpere Nigeria is under siege; the people are distraught and hope seems to be a scarce commodity in the land. No arm of...

The below posting has practically no relation to the law and articles on Lawyers Alert Blog. However, with the definition of politics,...

The recent abduction of over 234 female students of Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State during their S.S.C.E Exams by...

Sometime weeks ago, precisely on 20th March 2014 the World marked Happiness Day: a day set aside by the United Nations to celebrate...

On 15 April 2014, in a judgment which has been widely praised by equal rights activists around the world, the Supreme Court of India held...

Youth represents strength and stamina; youth symbolizes curiosity and creativity, youth is the picture of the future and any country and...

9th April 2014, New York There are 10 core human rights treaties that set out the fundamental rights to which all people are entitled....

The National Conference was inaugurated by the Nigeria Government to redefine and redeem Nigeria through seeking consensus ALL issues to...

BEING A PRESS RELEASE BY LAWYERS ALERT For Decades, the Mbayion community, located in Gboko local government area of Benue State, home to...

The world on Monday 24th march 2014 was shocked when an Egyptian trial court, sitting in the central city of Minya, handed down death...

By Denis Nzioka When India’s Supreme Court – in a surprising ruling – upheld a 150 year old ban on same sex acts among consensual adults,...

“Sorry if I arrived late and I haven’t been able to follow your talk, but I left my headset for interpretations in another room.” Thus...

The Nigeria Parliament (Senate and house of Reps) has reached an advanced stage to pass a bill that seeks to criminalise the use of...

27th February, 2014, NGOs the world over gathered at Helsinki, Finland; to mark this year’s world NGO day. At this gathering, one of its...

Mahmood Mamdani To those who are tempted to turn human rights into a crusade, and thus become fundamentalists of the neoliberal era. I...