Lawyers Alert with the support of Stop TB Partnership organized legislative retreat of Members of the House of Assembly committee on HIV/AIDs, TB and Malaria. The Tuberculosis Legislative Retreat convenes Honorable Members of the National Assembly and national and international experts for a dialogue on strengthening the legal framework governing tuberculosis (TB) in Nigeria. 

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House of Reps moves against stigmatisation, discrimination against tuberculosis patients

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Reps To Enact Law Against Stigmatisation Of TB Patients​

A Coalition of Small and Medium Organizations dedicated to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) emerged through the Amplify Change grant facilitated by Lawyers Alert from 2018 - 2020. This initiative recently culminated in a landmark event: the 1st SRHR National Conference in Nigeria, themed “SRHR Culture and Social Norms within Communities.”

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IN OTHER NEWS:

2024 National SRHR Conference Holds In Abuja

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First Nigeria SRHR Conference: Stakeholders Seek Solution To SRHR Barriers

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First Nigeria SRHR Conference: Stakeholders Call For Abolition Of Laws Violating Human Rights

As part of the Human Rights and Gender Action Plan for Tuberculosis Care and Prevention in Nigeria 2021 – 2025 agenda, Lawyers Alert via a training held on the day 2nd of May 2024 raised the capacity of the personnel of the National TB, Leprosy, and Buruli Ulcer Control Program (NTBLCP) on Law, Gender, and Rights in TB Response.

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Lawyers Alert trains NTBLCP staff on TB human rights response

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Tuberculosis: Lawyers Alert Trains NTBLCP personnel On Response 

Over the years, while protecting PATB's rights, Lawyers Alert has also been documenting human rights violations related to TB, with ample support from the One Impact Platform as implemented by DHDC.

On May 3rd, 2024, we held a Validation Meeting in collaboration with the national and state programs about the data obtained. 

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IN OTHER NEWS:

Lawyers Alert Unveils Report On Rights Violation Associated With TB

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TB: Lawyers Alert unveils report on rights violation

Governments at all levels in Nigeria have been charged to ensure that Citizens’ Sexual Reproductive Health Rights are guaranteed.

This was the thrust of a 2-day capacity building training for stakeholders including legal and media practitioners as well as members of Civil Societies to build their capacity on reproductive justice issues.

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https://thenationonlineng.net/stakeholders-want-government-to-ensurecitizens-reproductive-health-rights/

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https://fb.watch/jVhAiScTbY/?mibextid=RUbZ1f

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https://youtu.be/yqj80Q6BEbk

Lawyers in Nigeria have called on government to decriminalise petty offences in the country so as to ensure more equitable and positive social and economic outcomes among the citizens.

This demand becomes necessary against the backdrop of increasing cases of negative human rights abuses in the country, hinged upon petty offences. 

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https://universalreportersng.com/lawyers-alert-condemns-arrest-repatriation-of-street-beggars-destitutes-in-abuja/

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https://universalreportersng.com/lawyers-seek-decriminalisation-of-petty-offences-in-nigeria/

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https://newsexpressngr.com/news/186142

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https://theeagleonline.com.ng/nigerian-lawyers-move-to-decriminalise-petty-offences/

Nigerians have been cautioned to stop discriminating against Persons Affected by Tuberculosis.

This is coming on the heels of the 2023 world TB day marked globally to raise awareness of the disease and educate people not to discriminate against victims.

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IN OTHER NEWS:

https://dailytrust.com/world-tb-day-stakeholders-warn-against-discrimination/

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https://theeagleonline.com.ng/lawyers-alert-commemorates-world-tb-day/

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https://thenationonlineng.net/world-tb-day-discrimination-against-victims-rights-violation/#:~:text=A%20non%2Dprofit%20human%20rights,of%20their%20rights%20and%20justiciable

The Osun State Government has been charged to implement the Violence Against Person Prohibition and Administrative Criminal Justice Laws in the state.

Concerned residents and nonprofit groups in the state during an awareness campaign at Orisunbare market in Osogbo warned people in the state not to run foul of the law. 

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IN OTHER NEWS:

https://www.thirdeye.com.ng/2022/10/sgbv-group-begins-implementation.html

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https://theeagleonline.com.ng/vapp-acj-laws-osun-charged-on-implementation/

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http://newsboomng.com/2022/10/26/justice4sgbvsurvivors-osun-government-charged-on-implementation-of-vapp-acj-laws/

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https://betareports.com/justice4sgbvsurvivors-osun-government-charged-on-implementation-of-vapp-acj-laws/

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https://theglittersonline.com.ng/ngo-10/

When 12-year-old Jude (not his real name) told his mother he wanted to become a naval officer, she knew she had to support his dreams as his only living parent. An option she would begin with was getting him into a Command Secondary School, a chain of schools run by the Nigerian army. But an “expulsion” from school over Jude’s positive HIV status would leave Agnes Okoro, his mother, frantic about how to pull her once bubbly son out of the hollow cave of suicidal thoughts he sank into.

A Non-Governmental Organization ‘ Lawyers Alert’ has raised alarm on the FCT Administration’s Joint Task Force actions over the last couple of weeks which seek to criminalize conduct related to the performance of life-sustaining activities targeted at the indigents within Abuja metropolis.
The organization expressed its displeasure in a press release issued in Abuja.

A non-profit organisation in Osun State under the auspices of the Community Advancement Initiative for Self-Reliance has taken its advocacy for full implementation of Violence Against Persons Prohibition and Administration of Criminal Justice Laws to Osun State Ministry of Justice.

The Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja and Chairman, FCT Judicial Service Committee, Honourable Justice Husseini Baba Yusuf has observed that access to justice for victims of health rights violation has been an issue of grave concern in Nigeria.

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He said this in Abuja during a human rights sensitization and legal training workshop on tuberculosis.

Over the last four months, a deep and dry cough can be heard from Ikpang Joy’s (not real name) single room in Kubwa. It’s from her mother who has been bed ridden since she was brought to Abuja.

The poor woman was ferried from her village in far away Akwa Ibom State under the guise of accessing health care in the city.

However, she is constantly locked up and denied proper treatment for fear of stigmatisation and discrimination from neighbours, friends and associates, despite the fast deteriorating state of her health.

A coalition comprising Tuberculosis (TB) survivors, members of civil society organisations, lawyers, health workers and journalists emerged on Tuesday, March 29, to fight against the violation of the rights of persons affected by TB.

Aside from being sick, persons with TB are not always allowed to return to their jobs on grounds of being absent during the duration of their ailment, or on the exaggerated claim that they could infect others.

The sufferers may also face rejection, their rights to privacy breached, their liberty curtailed and dignity lowered. The result is that they become depressed and less 

Lack of adequate information and awareness have been identified as major factors fueling discrimination against persons affected by Tuberculosis and worsening their situation.

The reasons were revealed at a two-day workshop in Lagos State by non-governmental organisations on the disease.

The NGOs called on the media to sensitise the public on the need to end discrimination against the affected persons and support them to overcome the challenge.

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This was disclosed at a 2-day Lagos workshop, where non-governmental organisations called on the media to sensitise the public on the need to end discrimination against the affected persons and support them to overcome the challenge.​

The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Hon Justice John Terhemba Tsoho was represented on the occasion by the Administrative Judge of Federal High Court Lagos Division, Justice A. O Faji lauded Lawyers Alert and other partners for their commitment to ensuring the wellbeing of Nigerian.

Barrister Rommy Mom, President, 

A legal and humanitarian rights advocate (Lawyers Alert), has called on the presidency and National Assembly to give victims of tuberculosis in Nigeria a lifeline by domesticating their rights in line with the Declaration of the Rights of People Affected by Tuberculosis that was launched in Geneva, Switzerland in May 2019.

Lawyers Alert, who decried the height of discrimination and abuse meted out on Nigerians who suffer from tuberculosis both in hospitals and in the larger society, went on to enjoin the Federal government to ensure that TB patien

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The launching of Declaration of the Rights of People affected by Tuberculosis was launched in Geneva, Switzerland in May 2019.

The Nigerian situation even though had improved significantly in terms of TB, early detection and treatment, with constant input from the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme and other development partners.

The gender and human rights approach has often been overlooked in terms of TB response.

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Lawyers Alert, a legal and human rights organization that works on legal and health rights affecting vulnerable groups called on the government to pass a TB-specific law to help address the increasing stigmatization and discrimination suffered by People Affected by TB  (PATB) in Nigeria.

The group’s National President, Barr.

Rommy Mom made this known at the event to mark world tuberculosis day on Friday in Abuja. 

Mom said it must be admitted that the Nigerian situation has improved significantly in terms of TB early 

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Lawyers Alert, a legal and human rights organization working on legal and health rights affecting vulnerable groups, has tasked the Nigerian government to pass a TB-specific law to address the increasing stigmatization and discrimination suffered by People Affected by TB (PATB) in the country.

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The organization made the call in an event to mark world tuberculosis day in Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria.

Commending the efforts of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Control Programme (NTLCP) 

Data on human rights abuse associated with petty offences in Nigeria covering the period October 2019 and March 2020 have been released by Lawyers Alert. 

The Data detailing the analysis of human rights violations based on types of petty offences is with a view to serving as useful tool for advocacy towards decriminalization of petty offences in the country. 

The findings on Petty Offences in Nigeria by Lawyers Alert, a non-profit body, in partnership with Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) focused on ten violations most rampant, reported and monitored.

Lawyers Alert (LA), a human rights-based organisation has rolled out a work plan that will provide immediate succor as well as long term and sustainable source of income for the deaf community in Benue State.

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LA’s Director of Programmes Jerome Uneje, while addressing members of the Benue State Association of the Deaf (BSAD) Makurdi Branch, during a one-day strategic meeting held at LA Conference Hall on Thursday, 3rd September 2020 in Makurdi, the Benue State capital said the work plan is to properly guide LA’s 

Representatives of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Civil Society Steering Committee in Benue State today joined other stakeholders to task the State Government on key inputs to include in the 2021 budget.

Vice-Chairman of the Steering Committee, Mrs. Rosemary Hua, and another member of the group, Mr. Lazarus Mom, made these proposals while making presentations at a town hall meeting organised by the Budget Office of the Benue State Planning

Lawyers Alert (LA), a human rights-based organisation has rolled out a work plan that will provide immediate succor as well as long term and sustainable source of income for the deaf community in Benue State.

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LA’s Director of Programmes Jerome Uneje, disclosed this while addressing members of the Benue State Association of the Deaf (BSAD) Makurdi Branch, at a one-day strategic meeting held at LA Conference Hall on Thursday, in Makurdi.

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A Civil Society Organization in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert has set wheels in motion to probe cases of abuse of rights of women in the country during the lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the rapid spread of Coronavirus.

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Lawyers Alert in a press statement signed by its Director Programs, Roseline Oghenebrume, and made available to newsmen said the initiative was aimed at exposing perpetrators and ensuring justice for victims.

A Civil Society Organisation in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert, has set wheels in motion to probe cases of abuse of rights of women in the country during the lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the rapid spread of Coronavirus.

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Lawyers Alert in a press statement signed by its Director Programs, Roseline Oghenebrume, and made available to newsmen said the initiative was aimed at exposing perpetrators and ensuring justice for victims.

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A Civil Society Organisation in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert has set wheels in motion to probe cases of abuse of rights of women in the country during the lockdown imposed by the government to prevent the rapid spread of Coronavirus. Lawyers Alert in a press statement signed by its Director Programs, Roseline Oghenebrum

A human rights based Civil Society Organization in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert, has called on the Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, to investigate the demolition of some houses at Logo 1 area in Makurdi, Benue State.

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In a press statement signed by its Director Programmes, Lazarus Ahangba, Lawyers Alert urged Ortom to investigate the remote and immediate circumstances surrounding the demolitions and the persons responsible for it.

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A human rights-based Civil Society Organization in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert has called for an investigation on the demolition of some houses at the Logo 1 area in Makurdi, Benue State.

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In a press statement signed by its Director Programmes, Mr. Lazarus Ahangba, Lawyers Alert urged Benue State Government to investigate the remote and immediate circumstances surrounding the demolitions and the persons responsible for it.

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A Civil Society organization in Nigeria, Lawyers Alert has threatened to institute legal action over the poor and slow pace of the implementation of the Federal Government’s policy on the decongestion of prisons in the country as part of measures to prevent the spread of COVID19 among the inmates. 

Human rights group known as Lawyers Alert has in conjunction with Prison Inmate Development Initiative (PIDI-NIGERIA) issued a 5-day warning to the Bauchi State Government to implement the federal government’s directive on prison decongestion or face legal fireworks.

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The NGOs made their position known on Tuesday in an open letter to the State Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, signed and made available to newsmen by the Executive Director of PIDI-Nigeria,

The President of Lawyers Alert Nigeria, Mr. Rommy Mom, has observed that criminalizing petty offenses is an indication of inequality in the justice delivery system in the country.

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He said this at a strategic meeting organized by Lawyers Alert Nigeria in Abuja on the need to decriminalize petty offenses in Nigeria.

Civil Society Organizations that attended the meeting formed an alliance to collaborate, synergize, and

A nonprofit organization, Lawyers Alert Nigeria, has dragged the Federal Government to court over the non-implementation of HIV workplace policy by employers of labor in the country.

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The Director of Programs, Lawyers Alert Nigeria, Roseline Oghenebrume said the action became very necessary so that the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation 

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