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PRAWA SAYS: FREE FIDELIS MUDIMU AND OTHERS NOW!

The Executive Management of PRAWA joins the Executive Members of International Rehabilitation Council of Torture Victims IRCT to condemn in strong terms the legal harassment of the staff of the

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PRAWA Partners with GCFPJ, APCOF and ACDHRS to Promote Right Based Approach to Police Arrest and Detention

At the 52nd session of African Commission on Human and Peoples Right, held on 12th October 2012 at the Felix Houphouet Boigny Foundation, Yamoussoukro, COTE D’IVOIRE, PRAWA with other stakeholders

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PRIA IN-Country Activity Update

By Kate Ibeanusi, Senior Programme Officer/Head of Office, Lagos  and Gaelle Tchouta- PRIA: Francophone Countries Prison Reform Intervention in Africa (PRIA) is a project being implemented by PRAWA in partnership

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PRAWA at the ACSA Conference

By Kate Ibeanusi Senior Programme Officer/Head of Office, Lagos The recently concluded African Correctional Services Association’s (ACSA) 2nd Biennial Conference provided a platform for the implementation of the Prison Reform

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Dangers of Drug and Substance Abuse Harped at PRAWA’s Psychological Rehabilitation of Torture Victims in Enugu.

Participants at the regular PRAWA Psychological Rehabilitation of Torture Victims programme have received training on how to counsel drug addicts and potential addicts to avoid drug and substance abuse especially

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The HRTI Follow-up Workshop Held at the NPS Headquarters

By Abazie Cynthia, Assistant Programme Officer- PRAWA, Abuja The Human Rights Integration Project (HRTI) is aimed at improving the awareness and observance of international human rights principles and good prison

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Celebrating 25 Years of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights

By Uju Osude .S. Assistant Program Officer, PRAWA-Lagos The 52nd session of the African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) coincided with the 25th anniversary of the ACHPR which

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PRAWA Mobilizes Nigerian Youths Against Illegal Migration

By Godwin Ugbor, Assistant Programme Officer- PRAWA, Sopuruchi Anosike, Assistant Programme Officer- PRAWA, Lagos The Illegal Migration Awareness Project (I-MAP) is a youth oriented program with the aim of creating

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Amnesty International Contests Prisoners’ Execution in Edo State Nigeria

Amnesty International has called on the Nigerian Government to halt the planned execution of two prison inmates in Edo state whose death warrants were signed by Governor Adams Oshiomhole a

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The Investigative Skills of Nigerian Police Force Enhanced

The average time it takes for a criminal investigation to be completed by the Nigerian police is adjudged slow by all criminal justice stakeholders. There are existing evidences to show

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