When Police Brutality and Digital Rights Collide - Lessons from Nigeria

Author: Ashoka

In: Forbes, 2020

Forbes discusses with Ashoka fellow, Gbenga Sesan, how both offline and online mobilization contributed to the build-up of the End SARS protests. The discussion also includes the intersection of police brutality and digital rights in the light of accusations that SARS officials were arresting individuals working in start-ups and stealing their data.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashoka/2020/11/30/when-police-brutality-and-digital-rights-collide--lessons-from-nigeria/?sh=746f54f83ecd

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Volume Two -> H. Campaigns Against Government -> H.4 Movements against Government Violence, Authoritarianism and Economic Injustice: 2017-21 -> H.4.c. Nigeria: Youth Rebel Against Regime Violence, 2017-20

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