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Ok and during the strain today why have stories of Police Brutality gone viral in nigeria and how is the police force going to respond by mail they could be allowed in ill be bringing in your comments and questions now if you look forward to the pedals here youll see just a sample of the thousands of tweets weve given getting on this topic and remember we want to hear from you so keep those coming with hash tag a stream of course were also live on you tube theres a shot off to the side on that side and one of our producers is moderating type your thoughts and ill try to bring them up on air now the in sars campaign has been big news in nigeria and easily one of the most requested stories from our community this year. It all started with just one tweet on twitter user posted in apparent shock that they had witnessed a police unit shoot a boy though as yet verified the story prompted thousands of people to come forward with similar tales that the special anti robbery squad or sols be disbanded just this month more than one million tweets sent using hash tag and solve. Its about to come but its critics say sellers is now engaged in harassment extortion violence and even killing and all of a impunity the Inspector General of the place force has probably still reorganization of the unit and an investigation but a Police Spokesman has also accused campaign is of being politically motivated the protest is not going away and no plans to take it to the streets next monday human rights day so what next how should the government respond and is the insiders campaign an indication of deeper problems in the Nigerian Police force joining us to discuss going to resign the us is a life coach technologists and one of the main faces of the n sars campaign. Is the assistant commissioner of police in the complaints Response Unit and go is the country director at Amnesty International nigeria welcome to the stream everyone i want to start with our Community Members they are giving us a sense of what the name sars invokes in everyday average nigerian citizens heres one example site you on twitter says made syrians tremble at the mere thought of getting into the crosshairs of the sars that tells you a lot gone from being an anti robbery squad to being a menace to ordinary citizens who just want to live normal lives we want to feel protected not threatened perhaps an example of what that actually means and everyday life is in this video comment we got from she. Tells a story about a neighborhood he lives in in which a woman was allegedly shot and killed by a stars officer and heres what he told the stream on the. Street. It months later that she wrestler marriage and family has been abandoned by police on the go. You see this and many more stories of mortars abuse extortion and little forms of harassment by degrees years i have seen and. You know me what do you make of comments like that. I believe in everyone you know im here with one simple message this evening that the federal government of named you there is listening to all the conversation regarding the end sas we actually have been directed to be taking the an Indian Police force is also listening to the conversation. Around the band sas campaign with action has been taken straight to the video of chidi that the only incident what happened that the a group of Police Officers they were about to address the suspects. Arrested is suspects the out when they were about to leave the same day i was shown a group of people who prevented them from leaving the scene and during the situation i think shots were fired so i asked to enable the policeman to lead the scene and it was in dr who says that the one woman was shows you look lets get one thing clear yes it is this sad incident an unfortunate incident but the shooting of the woman was not intentional and new police focus out was arrested there was a detailed investigation and at that point in time it was not the investigation to do with establish where the shot came from what i did was from the Police Officer asked of from the group of people that were trying to prevent the police from leaving the scene i want to share this with the shop and this is from the cable a response to so many nigerians actually saying we do not like this squad of police offices. Doing fantastically well police kick against hash tag. How would you describe this squad the special unit robbery it said thank you. I am if you look at this. You will realize that. Becoming an extermination squads and extortion. Out of disappointing people you dont care about human life and the people on the most people who are supposed to be. Respected Police Officers who are meant to protect and serve the public the way he is he the public as. Like you. If you look at the way the honey do kissing you will be one. Undefined when you look at. You think you are confronted with a number of. Yeah. Well. You would be a very terrible. Young boy driving a car you could read your National Security for. The kind of thing that you believe and the plan of course that you know you begin. Your on who im going negative or what people are if you want one you will recall that you are not going to be happening. Or trying to be my dog incriminate you. Let me just bring in let me bring in our so i thank you thank you sam we come back right back to this is justice jacks here online he says ive had not one experience with cells but five and one of them i slept in the Police Station for two days the driving a car and cells now the problem with a lot of these stories is how do we verify them who do we know who just says john is is this actually really happening because the police can be witnessing two hundred thousand reports of alleged Police Brutality but how do they know but this is something that you as amnesty have been researching and you put out a report saying you have signed your death warrant torture and other ill treatment by nigerias special. Squat so whats the truth from your perspective. Thank you very much you would find that when we actually carry out the research we interviewed quite a number of people who will also visited many of the stations where people actually reported that they have been tortured or theyve been detained in and we have to be cool and also speak to the officers in charge who are acting in many cases you know that build a story and we dont take one side of the story without very fine information by checking with other sources and what you find is that over time people say similar things about simulate experiences theyve had in the hands of these offices and so that tells us that theres a pattern and then when you delve deeper and you speak with those who witnesses who witnessed such incidents youre able to get more clarity in terms of time in terms of the officers involved and in terms of the amount of that have been met out to them. I have a comment that i want to pick up on that echoing really what youre saying but first i want to bring this in because we just got this tweet from j. P. Who is saying something a little different than most people in our community he says im happy to say that i am a beneficiary of good policing i stand with sar so those voices are out there picking up on the comment you made a little earlier overside this is a comment we got live on you tube this person says theres more than enough Video Evidence flying around on twitter to portray the dastardly activities of this criminal police gruppioni i want to pose this to you what do you do with all the reports and weve gotten so many of them of different incidents that are being shared on social media what would you tell people to do when they have these incidents. You see the message is very clear we have post in all Police Stations and youre a one size would have billboards across meter cities in india weeds full numbers where you can call twenty four seven phone numbers where you can send text message about where you can send Whatsapp Message phone numbers where you can said blackberry messenger emails etc and let me sit in a police force is the only police force in Subsaharan Africa that has provided it twenty four hours close to my side of the skid and this simple thing where just accident he was did time place i dont see what is difficult in. Good time please please please look at the tweet that started it was tong up to this moment we have been this discussion nobody knows who would be pocketed bt the point i was shocked nobody knows the area the city or the town you know so most of these reports on verify and situations where we have gotten better if i had reports that investigations were carried out the obvious us involved being dismissed from the Nigerian Police force because the interim Police Leadership has eight zero tolerance to on professional conduct so all i would just order the platform is there proof by your details shared room ensured of over two hundred thousand. Companies on fire complaints without the need complaint without it did complete without it ben knew that that might not meet the definition of a consulting and well and when i made a house also folks dont have specific shamrock just how bad it. I think we need to shame on International Television i dont want to run away i respect the Police Institution and im a citizen of. The make up thing can call outside and this is a byproduct of the end game of the institution are universal institutions for the force is a shadow. And it is not just today that weve been up being what it does got no worse thing two thousand have you seen. Are going to look inward and help our reach out to people because they. Are in the system. On the ground between the police and the people within the government and this is indeed so as the case may be when you lay objections to something further and then look at the things our response bill will not do the film and ill try to incriminate it was right we did try to ivory or discredit the voice. Of reason thats going to play by all means if i dont you all would you have a family i dont want to call him because hes a man that like. When we block you on you will block you everywhere else phone number provided anything if you have a lot of past know whats going on going to Class Committee the committee the nationwide issues aside what do you want to ask ahead. Yes i wanted to stress the fact that when complaints are made it will be interesting to find out what the complaints unit has actually done to check that the detention facilities where people have reported acts of torture and who treatment how did they monitor them how did they ensure that these practices do not continue there is to be interesting to see how theyve been able to manage that secondly people who are always afraid to share information and so its important that he needs to be reassured that when they do share information they wont be reprisals and that theyre in for michel will not be shared with this him officers that they have complained about and it cant be independently investigated by a separate unit within the police i think those reassurances are not there well based on our research which culminated in the report. In twenty sixteen there were incidents that were shared with your torah it is before we go to press we always shared this information to ensure the authorities can do their own effaced occasion and can respond based on our findings and so this is this is what i really want to put out there the police needs to go beyond saying that some of these people have not given them enough information the units you have how are you money told them they give you reports have you been able to show that these reports that that this stations or these Detention Centers and not torture chambers. Its like you are reading the minds of our Community Members when you speak this is law and who says the National Police force official said on national t. V. That we as citizens should ask for identification from sars officers please how do you ask men pointing guns at you for identification also people are also reporting stories like this on twitter says let it be known that theyre now checking peoples phones to see if theyve been tweeting about the sars campaign and weve got several people who are claiming that as well you know me what do you say to these people. Usually. When there was a complaint from members of the probably regarded. By some on probation upolu stock is that now was one thousand and twenty feet in been ended up willis was made to press release which i pushed at the time telly members of the probably not thought he wanted to have gone out to stop from accessing porn and even happened to be made and let me also add that sometimes in twenty six in this international i wrote a letter to the named police force requesting to be she said in. With them i sat. In on you now i countered by the talks the now my Office Finally said that b. C. And this entire nation out was going on dread was then all access would add busy but guess what what damage or not these got busy was not really lead in the report we. Were interrupting our normal programming there you can see him saad hariri the lebanese Prime Minister hes there in paris he is there specifically to meet leaders from the International Lebanon support group the meeting is being hosted by the french president emmanuel macro and there you can see him then mr mack of course taking a center stage role when mr hariri tendered his resignation on the firm of the fourth when he was in riyadh he then went back home several weeks later after that via paris for discussions with the french government and he was persuaded by the french president michel aoun to rescind his resignation that is what he has now done he announced that resignation very sudden. He from riyadh the saudi Capital Sightseeing threats against his life lets have a listen in to whats being said the Prime Minister says he. Has resumed his mandate at the head of the National Accord government this decision was made jointly with president it follows indepth consultation with all of the lebanese Political Leadership it is a positive step forward it is one that to our eyes is vital and one which i view as most welcome. We have attentively noted the terms of the decision of the council of ministers the commitments it contains essential and. It is our wish that theyd be applied in four still major threats affecting the stability of eleven on making staunch and determined support by the International Community more than ever indispensable the recent crisis is naturally to domestic factors but also to regional tension affecting a country which we all view as of great importance of lebanon stability is doc just vital for its inhabitants it is for the entire region which already has been deeply affected by the violence of the conflicts for theyve been known to be protected from these crises it is vital that all of the lebanese and regional parties respect the fundamental principle of noninterference recent events have shown that the involvement of Lebanese Armed groups in the ongoing clashes cannot continue without exposing lebanon and all of its Component Parts to correct for all damage todays meeting must make manifest the determination of the International Community. To ensure that the policy of disassociation of regional conflicts be. Fully implemented by all concerned throughout the country that is the commitment of the lebanese government it was decided on by all of the components of the gap that hezbollah included noninterference and read in the conflicts of the region and then on sovereignty. And its unity and territorial integrity in a due noble principles which must be upheld by all first and foremost by the regional powers their disputes have already caused turmoil in the life and destiny of too many peoples let alone cannot be the subject nor the stake nor player in those conflicts and i trust that the initiatives concerning the status of jerusalem. Must which must be the subject of discussion between israeli and palestinians and i trust that will not add further instability in the region following the announcement by the president of the us yesterday i am calling upon all involved to show a spirit of calm and tolerance and it is also vital that even on be able to continue the processes that are already underway and pick up a number of the challenges it is facing today. The first is its political refund ation and the reconstruction of its institutions the lebanese. To vote in may twenty eighteen to elect the their members of parliament this will be a very important moment for levanon for its democracy but also for its young people the last parliamentary elections were in twenty zero nine many young people will be voting for the very first time living on must continue to represent a model of democracy coexistence and tolerance it is vital for the region the second challenge is that of security and i should like to pay tribute to the courage of the libyan army. In. It is the pillar of the nation it is the custodian of its unit and in summer of twenty seven it recorded a decisive victory. Against the terrorists of day and i hate that. Many lebanese soldiers paid. The highest price their blood and their life to win that courageous combat i would like to pay tribute to them to them and to their families the fight against terrorism is one which will last for a very long time we must remain united if we are to win it in the scythe unifil has continued to preserve peace and stability along the blue line and im very pleased that has been able to strengthen its patrols on the ground these new and encouraging measures they must be continued it is vital that we avoid any new any further conflicts the full implementation of one simple no one is the best way to prevent further conflicts from breaking out that is the commitment of france within the force we have always been a part of the force. Right since nine hundred Seventy Eight and also cooperation with the Lebanese Army two countries here today italy and germany. With us as members of that effort serving peace within unifil and the representative of the u. N. And i wish to acknowledge their commitment. I would also like to commend and acknowledge the u. S. For they had to sites of assistance to the devotees on the third challenge which have been on is facing is the refugee crisis only an end to violence and the implementation of a political transition will make it possible for the syrian families that lebanon has harbored to return in. For respect of the principles of International Humanitarian law which france up holds although many of the number of Syrian Refugees living on has remained stable their Living Conditions have wasnt and i should like to commend the generosity of the lebanese who like the jordanians. Have shown. In taking it and giving shelter to several million refugees it is vital for the International Community to stay mobilized for lebanon and to strengthen the state and its institutions there the best rampart against regional instability much has been done since twenty thirteen in the creation of the eyes but we must do more in the fields of security but also in humanitarian and economic terms that is the purpose of todays meeting it is vital that we step up efforts to strengthen the Lebanese Armed forces they are key to the security of the country and they are a prerequisite for national unity. In twenty fourteen pioneered the process with the organization of a support conference for the Lebanese Armed forces france will join italy and the un in the follow up to that conference. In the at the very beginning of twenty eighteen. Confronting a humanitarian crisis the International Community has made a very strong commitment on behalf of living on over the past years and i should like to commend and acknowledge the efficiency of the action of the h. C. R. Under the leadership of the european union. The conferences old germany the and the u. K. Both in twenty fifteen london in twenty sixteen brussels this year i went out. To enjoy the greatest support over that support is insufficient concerning that. Considering the immense needs of the country brussels. Will be the opportunity there again over the first initial two months of twenty eight hundred for all of us to strengthen our support and france intends to play a very active part. Economically a new effort is necessary to support the spirit of responsibility that has been behind the decisions concerning lebanon over the past few weeks france has always shouldered its responsibility in contributing to reconstruction particularly immediately after the end of the civil war the effects of the Syrian Crisis are such that today the organization of a new support conference for lebanon is necessary it should be held within the first four months of twenty eighteen we are working actively with germany and. Youre watching aljazeera live from doha and carousel