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Third Town Hall Meeting for Ebonyi North in Effiom, Ohaozarra LGA

Still on Peaceful Electioneering in Ebonyi State, HRCRC had her last Town Hall Meeting for Ebonyi North Senatorial Zone in Effiom, Ohaozara Local Government Area of the State. Present were delegates from all over the zone, and traditional leaders and chiefs, women leaders and youth leaders, and CAN. Again, they all concurred that electoral violence affected personally and therefore committed to both helping preach against all forms of violence before, during and after the elections in their respective units, communities and constituencies; while practically coming up with tailored modalities to check violence.

PS: forgive the error of the date stamp in the photographs

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Engagement with Critical Electioneering Stakeholders in Ebonyi State

Still on advocating for Peace and Nonviolence in the forthcoming General Elections in Ebonyi, HRCRC, in Partnership with DIG foundation and in collaboration with INEC Ebonyi engaged Critical Electioneering Stakeholders in the State on practices that could culminate in tension in the phases of electioneering. Practices such as vote buying and selling, fake news, hate speech, security and general voter education were addressed by resource persons and participants which included the REC Ebonyi, The Commissioner of Police Ebonyi, The Commandant of the army cantonment, the Civil Defense Corps, The NYSC DG, NOA, ICPC, ACP Operations, other CSOs and town unions, the media, amongst others.

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Visits to Traditional Rulers Advocating for Peace and Nonviolence in the Coming General Elections

Still on ensuring Peaceful Electioneering in Ebonyi State, HRCRC paid visits to HRH Eze Francis Iyioku of Ugwulangwu Community; and Eze Nwinte Ngele of Oriozor community, advocating for peace and nonviolence in the forth coming General Elections; and in preparation for town hall meetings to mitigate violent outbursts and outbreaks before, during and after the elections.

HRCRC’s George, Emika and Moses paid these visits.

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2018 WORLD HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

As the year winds to a close, and pre-election activities kick up a notch, HRCRC joined the UN and the rest of the world to mark the 2018 World Human Rights Day with several simultaneous activities both in Abakaliki metropolis and in the local communities via our branches.

In all of Ebonyi, we join in the loud global clamour to stand up for human rights and peculiarly clamour for the end of Electoral Violence and Improprieties with a rally across streets in Abakaliki involving sister CSOs, Volunteers, the press and Security Agencies, in solidarity with the police.

The Nigerian Police, as one of the principal agencies largely acknowledged to be principal perpetuators of human rights violations in Nigeria joined in the solidarity as a public acknowledgement and commitment to work for the upholding of human rights and the values they inhibit.