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Accountability and the zombie apocalypseBy Nimue BrownThe hardest thing about
Accountability and the zombie apocalypse By Nimue Brown The hardest thing about speaking out is the fear of reprisal. When there is a...
Jun 5, 20133 min read
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Do Amnesty International Campaigns Work?
A very Read, find time to read the ungated version of the research. Waylaid Dialectic I’ve been a member (if that’s what my donations...
Jun 4, 20131 min read
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Order at the border: The repatriation of victims of trafficking
Lessons for Nigeria and other Countries with trafficking issues. Research on Human Trafficking Segrave, Maria (2009): Women’s Studies...
Jun 4, 20131 min read
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June 4 1989 China’s Tiananmen Square massacre; the
June 4 1989 China’s Tiananmen Square massacre; the day that changed everything Taken from CHINA DAILY MAIL ⋅ JUNE 4, 2013 ⋅ Purged...
Jun 4, 20135 min read
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POLITICS AND FLOOD VICTIM CASE: STATEMENT FROM LAWYERS ALERT
Government has the tendency to, and has sometimes been far removed from citizens. In such situations, citizens do sometimes organize...
Jun 4, 20134 min read
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MY PROBLEM WITH FEMINISTS By Ntokozo Sindane , June 3, 2013 Sometimes feminists make me feel a little uncomfortable. I think they can be...
Jun 3, 20133 min read
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Rommy Mom vs BSEMA
Suit between Rommy Mom Esq and BSEMA successfully relisted today. Â Full hearing slated for 13th June, 2013. #13thjune #mom
Jun 3, 20131 min read
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COURT CASES UPDATE
ROMMY MOM Vs BSEMA & 1OR Matter comes up on Monday the 3rd day of June 2013. Recall matter was earlier struck out wherein a motion for...
May 31, 20131 min read
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SUSWAM WANTS ME DEAD Being text of a Press
SUSWAM WANTS ME DEAD Being text of a Press Release by Rommy Mom Esq, President, Lawyers Alert BACKGROUND After the flood that displaced...
May 29, 20134 min read
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Rommy Mom Vs BSEMA, Matter struck out
The Suit between Rommy Mom and the Benue State Emergency Management Agency under the FOI Law for information on the expenditures of  the...
May 22, 20131 min read
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Para legals and the Nigeria Justice system
Paralegal services are legal services offered by non lawyers in situations where lawyers are not readily available or pending the...
May 22, 20133 min read
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 Torture in Kenya: Ending Impunity by Speaking the
Torture in Kenya: Ending Impunity by Speaking the Victims’ Truth By Sari Long This month, the Committee against Torture will meet in...
May 21, 20134 min read
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Benue Government hints on how Flood Money will be Spent
In a Phone in Program on Harvest FM, today 21st May 2013, an official of BSEMA reportedly mentioned that the State Government will use...
May 21, 20131 min read
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BSEMA FLOOD VICTIMS CASE TOMORROW 22ND MAY 2013
The flood victims matter between Rommy Mom Esq and BSEMA resumes tomorrow 22nd May 2013. Post the last adjournment, the Benue State...
May 21, 20131 min read
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Nigeria: The State of Emergency and Rights of Nigerians
BY JIBRIN IBRAHIM Nigeria’s President, Goodluck Jonathan, on the 14th May 2013 declared a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa...
May 21, 20136 min read
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Inclusive development should guarantee the rights of all people based on strong and inclusive instit
Desarrollo Inclusivo por Vladimir Olarte Development of a country is a process, not just an end. To be successful this process must...
May 20, 20131 min read
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Suswam Government Did NOT Give us Flood Money – BSEMA
Benue State Emergency Managemnet Agency BSEMA today filed its reply in the suit brought against it by Rommy Mom Esq, President of Lawyers...
May 17, 20133 min read
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NIGERIA PRISON DECONGESTION : LAWYERS ALERT’S MODEL
As at January 2013, there were 52,904 prisoners in Nigeria, with only 16,103 as convicts. The remaining 60% are awaiting trial prisoners,...
May 17, 20133 min read
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NIGERIA: STATE OF EMERGENCY & LEGALITY OF GOVERNORS’ STAY IN OFFICE AND EFFECT ON CITIZENS’ RIGH
In this piece, Elvis Towolawi Esq, a Volunteer with Lawyers Alert urges that the recent proclamation of state of emergency in the North...
May 16, 20134 min read
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Julian Assange: a profile in courage……..Phil EbersoleThe United States
Julian Assange: a profile in courage ……..Phil Ebersole The United States and British governments treat Julian Assange like the ultimate...
May 15, 20132 min read
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Julian Assange: a profile in courage
Yet the nations demonising Assange preach transparency and openness, same reasons they want to put Assange away for Phil Ebersole's Blog...
May 15, 20131 min read
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PYRRHIC VICTORY: COURT JUDGEMENTS AGAINST STATE SECURITY AGENCIES IN NIGERIA
. When a citizen is injured by State Security Agencies in Nigeria, notably the Army, Police, the Economic and Financial Crime Commission...
May 15, 20132 min read
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Trying Crimes from a Human Rights Perspective
by Khaled Saifullah Crime in any form undermines the rights of the victim. While some of these rights are created by national penal laws,...
May 14, 20136 min read
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