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Civil Liberties Organization
Civil Liberties Organization is a Nigerian non-governmental organization focused on human rights and pro-democracy advocacy. History The Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) has been promoting human rights in Nigeria since it began in 1987. On 12 August 1993, CLO's founder and president Olisa Agbakoba, was part of the leaders of the pro-democracy campaign against the nullification of the 12 June 1993 presidential elections by General Ibrahim Babaginda. Many CLO members were arrested and detained for several weeks and hospitalized after their release due to the harsh conditions they were subjected to while some still faced charges for possession of prodemocracy leaflets. In 1995, African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights received the petition of Civil Liberties Organization v. Nigeria, Comm. No. 129/94 (1995) where the CLO alleges that the military government of Nigeria had suspended the constitution, dissolved political parties, threatened the judiciary by ousting the juris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olisa Agbakoba
Olisa Agbakoba is a Nigerian human rights activist, maritime lawyer and former President of Nigerian Bar Association. Early life Olisa Agbakoba was born on 29 May 1953 to Chief Justice Godfrey Ubaka and Mrs Phina Agbakoba in Jos. He later moved to Onitsha in 1965, two years before the Nigerian civil war. He attended Government Primary School, Jos from 1959 to 1960, Hillcrest School, Jos; 1961, Government Primary School Jos, 1962 1963; Zixton Public School Ozubulu in 1964 and Christ the King College, Onitsha between 1966 and 1967. Olisa Agbakoba also attended College of Immaculate Conception in Enugu from 1970 to 1972, Government College in Ughelli in 1973, University of Nigeria, Nsukka from 1973 to 1977, Nigerian Law School in Lagos in 1978 and London School of Economics & Political Science from 1979 to 1980. He holds an LLB (Hons) of the University of Nigeria, BL of the Nigerian Law School and LLM (1980) of the University of London. Early professional career Fresh out ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auwal Musa Rafsanjani
Auwal Musa Rafsanjani is a Nigerian civil rights activist and the Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre. He is the chairman, Board of Amnesty International, Nigeria. Early life and education Rafsanjani was born in Kano and got a degree in political science at the Bayero University Kano. In 1992, he became the Assistant-General Secretary of National Union of Nigerian Students, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). He got married in 2001 and gave birth to his first son in 2003. Advocacy Rafsanjani has been a member of Civil Liberties Organization and a member of The Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia, The Center for Democracy and Human Rights. He was a founding member of Campaign for Democracy, led by late Beko Ransome-Kuti, Beko Ransome Kuti, Democratic Alternative (Nigeria), Democratic Alternative, also a member and coordinator of United Action for Democracy (UAD) led by Olisa Agbakoba. In 2005, he founded The Civil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
