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    Referendum March: 1 Feared Dead, 112 arrested, 25 Injured As Police Forcefully Disperse Protesting IPOB Women With Teargas

    • Date of Occurrence
      August 10, 2018
    • State/Country
      Imo State, Nigeria
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    There was an attack from the Nigerian Police on the peaceful and orderly sensitization march organised for Biafran referendum by more than 1000 women of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). 112 women protesters were arrested and remanded in prison while many others sustained injuries as a result of the teargas used to forcefully disperse them.

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    • Date of Occurrence

      2018-08-10

    • State/Country

      Imo State, Nigeria

    • Perpetrator

      The Nigerian Police

    • Legal Foundation

      Section 39 and Section 40 of the 1999 constitution

    • Source

      https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/08/why-detained-pro-biafra-women-were-barred-from-visitors-owerri-prison/

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    Rights & Freedom Violated
    • Right to Freedom of Association & Assembly
    Mode of Attacks
    • Criminalisation of Protests
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