Nigeria: Prioritize Justice for Abuses Against Protesters

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Demonstrators protesting against police brutality in Lagos, Nigeria, on October 15, 2020. © 2020 Sunday Alamba/AP Photo (Abuja) – Nigerian authorities have made no effort to ensure justice for the killing of protesters in Lagos state in 2020, six months after a judicial panel implicated security forces in the abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should act on the panel’s recommendations and hold those responsible to account. “The report of the judicial panel of inquiry should not be swept under the rug without any consequences for those responsible…

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