Police detain a man on the outskirts of Kano, Nigeria on 23 April 2007 amidst protests over election results.Photo: Radu Sigheti/Reuters

Above the law

Successive governments have failed to tackle police brutality, corruption and unlawful detention in Nigeria. Promise Eze hears from those who’ve experienced the sharp end of the country’s legal system.

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NI 555 - Critical minerals - May, 2025
View from Brazil

View from Brazil

The Death of Marielle. By Leonardo Sakamoto.

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NI 550 - Abortion - July, 2024
Inequality Watch

Inequality Watch

Black boys and police violence.

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NI 527 - Covid-19 lessons from the pandemic - September, 2020
View from Brazil

View from Brazil

Where the heroes are, by Leonardo Sakamoto.

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NI 520 - The right to the city - July, 2019
In the US, police often decide who has the right to demonstrate and who doesn’t. In this case riot police in Durham, North Carolina form an armed phalanx to control people attempting to protest against a white nationalist rally.Photo: Jason Miczek / Reuters

Whose streets?

The current clampdown on popular rights mirrors a profound malaise with our system of top-down political representation, argues Richard Swift.

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NI 508 - Clampdown! Criminalizing dissent - December, 2017

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Critical minerals May, 2025
Abortion July, 2024
Covid-19 lessons from the pandemic September, 2020
The right to the city July, 2019
Black Lives Matter March, 2018
Clampdown! Criminalizing dissent December, 2017
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