Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) on October 20, 2021 joined other organizations and activists across Nigeria under the auspices of Action Group on Free Civic Space (AGFCS) to mark the first anniversary of the #ENDSARS protest that peaked on October 20, 2020 with the Lekki Tollage Shooting. The event which held simultaneously across Nigeria…
As the world marks the 2020 Human Rights Day today, December 10 with the theme “Recover Better–Stand Up for Human Rights”, Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) calls on Judicial Panels of Enquiries set up by States to investigate alleged abuses and violations of citizens’ rights by the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) brutality following…
PRESS RELEASE: ADVOCACY CENTRE CALLS FOR RESTRAINT; CESSATION OF ONGOING MILITARY OPERATIONS IN OYIGBO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF RIVERS STATE AND ASSOCIATED HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES Youths and Environmental Advocacy Centre (YEAC) has being closely following, observing and monitoring ongoing curfew imposed on Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State following the ugly situation that resulted…
PRESS RELEASE #ENDSARS/ENDSWAT: Rising Attacks on Peaceful Protesters Point to a Rapidly-closing State of Civic Space in Nigeria | WEDNESDAY: OCTOBER 21, 2020 The ACTION GROUP ON FREE CIVIC SPACE IN NIGERIA strongly condemns the shooting spree at the Lekki tollgate on Tuesday night in Lagos where scores of protesters have been reportedly killed and…
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