Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP NEWSTAGE 04/09/17)

SERAP drags FG, states to ECOWAS court over attempt to unfairly prosecute journalists, bloggers

The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has dragged the federal government and state governments to ECOWAS Court of Justice in Abuja over “the frequent and repressive application of the Cybercrime Act to harass, intimidate, arbitrarily arrest, detain, and unfairly prosecute anyone found publishing views or facts perceived to be critical of the government at […]

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ECOWAS Court adjourns Nnamdi Kanu’s case till November 8

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice has adjourned Nnamdi Kanu’s alleged fundamental human rights breach case against the Federal Government till Nov. 8. The presiding judge, Justice Micah Wright, adjourned the case on Wednesday for definite hearing following an application by the defendant. Wright, however, declined the request for cost by the applicant. The Federal […]

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ECOWAS Court favour Dasuki: “Detention without trial is unlawful”

ECOWAS Court of Justice has delivered judgment in the suit filed against the Nigerian government by former National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki, seeking to enforce his fundamental human rights. In a report by ChannelsTv, the court, presided over by Justice Friday Nwoke, ruled that the search on Dasuki’s house without a search warrant was […]

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