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PRAWA harps on government involvement to end torture in Nigeria

The Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has called on the Nigerian government to do more in preventing torture and rehabilitating victims of torture across the country. The Executive Director of PRAWA, Dr Uju Agomoh,…

PRAWA calls for urgent action to reduce number of ATPs

The Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) has called for urgent and collective action to reduce the number of Awaiting Trial Persons (ATPs) in the custody of the Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS). The call is contained…

Torture Prevention: PRAWA boss bags UN committee membership

The Executive Director of Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA), Dr Uju Agomoh, has been elected a member of the United Nations Sub Committee on Prevention of Torture (UN SPT), based in Geneva Switzerland. PRAWA’s Deputy…