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Civic Societies, Lawyers Demand Immediate Release Of Detained Activist, Nonso Nkwa From Nigerian Police Detention

A Coalition of 30 Civil Society Organisations across the country has called on the Nigeria Police Force to immediately release detained human rights defender, Comrade Chinonso Uba popularly called Nonso Nkwa or charge him to court. The coalition decried the detention of Nkwa for more than four days without access to his family and lawyer, a development they said is against the constitutional provisions of Nigeria, the Police Act, and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.

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31 CSOs demand release of human rights defender, Nonso Nkwa – The Sun Nigeria

31 CSOs demand release of human rights defender, Nonso Nkwa – The Sun Nigeria
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CSOs Claim Redeployed CP Still in Imo State, Calls for Disciplinary Actions Against Him over Discreditable Actions

CSOs Claim Redeployed CP Still in Imo State, Calls for Disciplinary Actions Against Him over Discreditable Actions
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BREAKING: Protest Begins In Akwa Ibom To Demand Release Of Lawyer, Inibehe Jailed By Power-drunk Chief Judge, Ekaette Obot

A protest has commenced in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital against the illegal imprisonment of human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong. On July 27, 2022, the Chief Judge of the State, Ekaette Obot, sentenced Effiong to one month in prison for alleged contempt. The human rights lawyer, who also serves as the National Legal Adviser for the African Action Congress (AAC), was in court to defend lawyer Leo Ekpenyong in a libel suit filed by Akwa Ibom Governor Udom Emmanuel.

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AAC, Take-It-Back Movement, 21 Others Lambast Power-drunk Akwa Ibom Chief Judge Over Lawyer, Inibehe s Unlawful Imprisonment

Some human rights groups have condemned the imprisonment of a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, by the Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot. Obot on July 27 unlawfully sent Effiong to one month in prison after the lawyer reportedly said he did not feel safe in court. The human rights lawyer, who is also the National Legal Adviser of the African Action Congress (AAC), was in court to defend Leo Ekpenyong, a lawyer, in a libel suit filed by Udom Emmanuel, governor of Akwa Ibom.

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