With the teeming youth population of Nigeria today, the international theme of this year’s Human Rights Day – Youths Stand Up for Human Rights – couldn’t be more apt and explicit. In culmination of the week-long activities to mark the day, HRCRC in collaboration with National Human Rights Commission Abakaliki and other CSOs embarked on […]
HRCRC organizes Human Rights Training for Police Officers in Ebonyi State Command
The Bulk of Human Rights abuses in Nigeria occurs in and with the Nigeria Police.
HRCRC Facilitates the Release of over 20 inmates of Abakaliki and Afikpo Prisons in Goal Delivery by CJ of Ebonyi State
Every person charged for committing an offence is entitled to be arraigned and tried before a competent court of law within 48 hours. However, certain alleged offenders have been remanded in prison for over two years without trial. The Chief judge in his magnanimity, backed up by statutory provisions, discharged alleged offenders awaiting trial in […]
HRCRC Co-Convenes National Day of Mourning in Abakaliki
28th of May, 2019 was set aside to mark National Day of Mourning in Nigeria. A day set aside to honour victims of the killings, banditry and drew government’s attention to the spate of Human Rights abuses in the country. The Right to life is the Fundamental Human Right on which every other right hinges. […]
New HRCRC Branch Inaugurated in Onuayim Community of Ebonyi State
HRCRC continues to grow with more branches in the interiors of Ebonyi State. Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Center Onuayim Branch just inaugurated – thus bringing the number of HRCRC branches in Ebonyi to 29; consequently increasing our grassroots presence and reach. At the inauguration was Eva Okafor, Moses Ekeke and Chioma Ikegbunam ESQ.