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    Civic Space Incidents Database

    Find information on incidents of closing civic space and human rights violations in Nigeria & the West African sub-region



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    #EndBadGovernanceProtest: FG Blocks Accounts of #EndBadGovernance Sponsors, Places them on Watchlist


    Aug
    06

    Togo Journalist Apollinaire Mewenemesse Detained for Defamation


    Apr
    01

    Police Investigate Nigeria’s Foundation for Investigative Journalism after Corruption Coverage


    Jun
    05

    Hisbah Arrests Trust TV Journalist Over Social Media Post


    May
    15

    TakeItBack National Coordinator, Sanyaolu Juwon Arrested In Lagos Amid Clampdown On Planned June 12 Peaceful Protests


    Jun
    11

    Popular Skit Maker Laments, Spends Four Days In Nigerian Air Force’s Detention Over Tiktok Videos


    Feb
    20

    Nigerian Journalist Saint Mienpamo Onitsha Charged with Cybercrime


    Oct
    10

    In First for Togo, RSF Identifies Spyware on Phones of Two Togolese Journalists


    Jan
    23

    Woman Charged with Blasphemy Awaits Trial


    May
    20

    Recent Incidents


    SSS Detains Nigerian Journalist Adejuwon Soyinka


    Aug
    25

    Court Permits Police To Remand 124 #EndBadGovernance Protesters For 60 Days


    Aug
    25

    Court Freezes Bank Accounts of 32 #EndBadGovernance Protesters


    Aug
    25

    Police Cybercrime Unit Grills, Releases Journalist Fisayo Soyombo on Bail


    Aug
    14

    Police Invade Committee for the Defence of Human Rights Office in Lagos


    Aug
    09

    #EndBadGovernanceProtest: FG Blocks Accounts of #EndBadGovernance Sponsors, Places them on Watchlist


    Aug
    06

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