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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