Category: Group Activities

REGISTER HERE We are pleased to announce the virtual launch of the research report, “#EndSARS: Police Brutality, Protests and Shrinking Civic Space in Nigeria” scheduled to hold on March 23, 2021 by 2.30 p.m. – 4.30p.m. (WAT). The report looks back on a long history of police violence in Nigeria, tracking how the deep-seated grievances […]

PRESS STATEMENT: April 17, 2020  A coalition of public interest organizations, under the auspices of the Action Group on Free Civic Space, have launched Legal Helplines to offer free legal services to persons whose rights are violated as a result of the COVID-19 lockdown measures in Nigeria. The organizations, comprising Spaces for Change (S4C), CLEEN […]

May 10, 2020   NYESOM WIKE’S DEMOLITION OF TWO HOTELS IN RIVERS STATE UNDER THE GUISE OF ENFORCING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN IS WRONGFUL, CRUEL!     On Sunday, 10 May 2020, bulldozers accompanied by a horde of armed security operatives acting on the orders of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, viciously demolished two hotels, PRODEST HOME […]

The Action Group on Free Civic Space in Nigeria works to co-create a unified sector position and voice to defend civic space against security-induced restrictions. Read the summary and find the full case study at the bottom of the page. About the coalition Please see link below to read more and see analysis: https://icscentre.org/2020/04/22/from-informal-networks-and-collaboration-to-the-action-group-for-free-civic-space/

In April 2020, SPACES FOR CHANGE | S4C teamed up with CLEEN Foundation, NOPRIN Foundation, Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Center (RULAAC), JDPC Gowon Estate and the Network of Pro Bono Lawyers of Nigeria, to launch the Action Group Legal Helplines (08145000093 & 07039855775), with the aim of providing free legal services to persons whose rights […]