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JUN
14
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EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
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JUN
14
I am Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Publisher/Editor of Nigerian Times blog. Being a self-employed writer and human rights advocate fighting against corruption and violation of human has been challenging and often traumatic in Nigeria. I am also known as the Champion of the education of the millions of underprivileged girls out of school in Nigeria and developing SaaS applications for wealth creation and distribution for the reduction of poverty among the majority of Nigerians for the nation building of a New Nigeria in the leadership of Africa among the comity of nations.Fighting corruption in Nigeria is suicidal, because of the institutionalization of corruption in the society from the street to the corridors of power in the government. And majority of Nigerians don't fight or protest against corruption if the corrupt government shares the loot with them even when only the crumbs of the national cake are left for them in what they call "You Chop I Chop" government.Majo
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OCT
27
Nigerian Police Harass Daily Times Journalist in Abuja
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EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
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OCT
27
27 Oct 2011 14:54 Africa/LagosNigeria Newspaper Bureau Chief Harassed / IPI Concerned about Reported Treatment of Daily Times JournalistVIENNA, October 27, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Abuja bureau chief of the Nigerian Daily Times was harassed by police officers in the capital Abuja on Wednesday, the newspaper reported on its website.Michaela Moye was reportedly filming the demolition of “illegal” buildings when she was chased from the scene by members of the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB), the Daily Times said.A policemen reportedly said she could not take pictures because the press had not been invited to cover the demolition. “Walahi, if I get you I will beat you up and break both that camera and your teeth for talking to me like that,” one police man was quoted by the Daily Times as saying. Moye was rescued by passers-by, the paper reported. The article linked to a 10-second YouTube video of Moye arguing with police.IPI Press F
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OCT
24
Statement of the Secretary-General / Declaration of Liberation of Libya
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EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
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OCT
24
Libyans celebrating after the downfall of tyrant Gaddafi.Photographer: Marco Longari. Copyright/Source: AFP/Getty Images24 Oct 2011 07:09 Africa/LagosStatement of the Secretary-General / Declaration of Liberation of LibyaNEW YORK, October 24, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Today in Benghazi, the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) declared the full liberation of Libya, marking a historical juncture that signifies a people attaining their freedom after decades of dictatorship.Today marks an occasion for Libyans to celebrate, to look forward to a future of liberties and opportunities, from the right to express an opinion freely to the right to elect their own government.From this day onward, the Libyan people will be in full charge of their future - a future that their new leaders have declared will be based on justice and national reconciliation. Their commitment is to building accountable democratic institutions, guided by respect for human rights and the rule of law,
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AUG
06
Reporters Without Borders: BEFORE THE BEIJING OLYMPIC GAMES 2008
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EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
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AUG
06
Reporters Without BordersBEIJING GAMES 2008Come and demonstrate outside Chinese embassies and online on 8 AugustReporters Without Borders is calling for demonstrations outside China's embassies in London, Madrid, Berlin, Paris, Washington and Stockholm on 8 August, when the Olympic Games opening ceremony will be taking place in Beijing. Two demonstrations will be organised on 7 August in Rome and Ottawa. A rally is also planned outside the Olympic Museum in the Swiss city of Lausanne.In Paris, those wanting to take part should meet at 1 p.m. at the corner of Avenue George V and Rue de la Trémoille in Paris' 8th district. Reporters Without Borders will distribute "Beijing 2008" T-shirts to participants, as well other material for a peaceful demonstration.Here are the times and venues of the demonstrations in the other cities:- Berlin: in front of the Chinese embassy (Jannowitzbrücke) from 1 p.m. onwards on 8 August.- Washington: near the Chinese embassy (2300 Conne
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APR
16
CIPFG WANTS ATHLETES TO WEAR YELLOW RIBBONS AT THE OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES IN BEIJING
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EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
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APR
16
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release - April 11, 2008Authored by CIPFGContact: Clive AnsleyChair, Coalition to Investigate the Persecution of Falun GongChina Country Monitor for Lawyers' Rights Watch in Canada250-334-3586; 250-792-3547CIPFG IS CALLING ON THE CANADIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEETO URGE ATHLETES TO WEAR YELLOW RIBBONSAT THE OPENING AND CLOSING CEREMONIES IN BEIJINGin support of Falun Gong practitioners persecuted in China and other oppressed groupsVANCOUVER ISLAND - In light of the recent escalation of the persecution of Falun Gong, including mass arrests amounting to almost 2000 practitioners since January 1, CIPFG has serious concerns about China's on-going oppression of Tibetans and Christians as well as other oppressed groups. "We believe that those human rights abuses are in direct conflict with the Olympic charter and this urgently needs to be addressed before August 2008," said Clive Ansley, chair of CIPFG. "It is becoming clearer that Beijing has overlooked t
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APR
15
Inhuman Torture in China: the Tip of the Iceberg
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EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
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APR
15
Inhuman Torture in China: the Tip of the IcebergFull report PDF version.With the Chinese regime's roundup of Falun Gong practitioners in anticipation of the Beijing Olympics, the massacre in Lhasa, Tibet, and the clampdown on the media, the spotlight has been shining ever brighter on China's horrendous human rights abuses. The FLGHRWG wishes to announce that it has sent out millions of emails around the world to alert government officials, NGOs, human rights groups, and many individuals of the inhuman torture going on in China. In order to win the Olympics, China made a promise to improve human rights. Far from keeping its promise, the human rights violations have gotten worse - much worse. The following torture cases of Falun Gong practitioners represent just the tip of the iceberg. They are typical of what tens of thousands have experienced, what hundreds of thousands face, and what millions fear if they dare to place their own belief above belief in the Chinese Communist Party. Ms.
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MAR
22
I Support the Boycott of the Beijing Olympics
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EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
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MAR
22
I have already sent a formal letter of protest to the Government of the People's Republic of China and signed the petition of the Human Rights First on the complicity of China in the genocide in Darfur, Sudan. China sold over $55 million worth of arms to Sudan from 2003-2006. China supplied the assault rifles, heavy machine guns, anti-aircraft guns, anti-tank weapons, and mortars used by the ruthless Sudanese military and the Janjaweed in Darfur.For decades, hundreds of Tibetans have been arrested and incarcerated for their dissenting opinions and religious beliefs. Tibetan nuns have been raped in detention and in 1994, a Tibetan nun was tortured to death. The recent attacks on Tibet have only made things worse and I am now calling for the boycott of the Beijing Olympics by all people of conscience.We must petition the International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF, to support the boycott of the Beijing Olympics.There is no guarantee of the safety and security of lives and pr
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JAN
15
Amnesty International Calls Iran's Practice of Stoning a Cruel and Unacceptable Practice
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EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
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JAN
15
15 Jan 2008 02:01 Africa/Lagos Amnesty International Calls Iran's Practice of Stoning a Cruel and Unacceptable Practice WASHINGTON, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As nine women and two men in Iran wait to be stoned to death, Amnesty International today called on the Iranian authorities to abolish execution by stoning and impose an immediate moratorium on this horrific practice, specifically designed to increase the suffering of the victims.In a new report published today, "Iran: Death by stoning, a grotesque and unacceptable penalty," the organization called on the authorities urgently to repeal or amend the country's Penal Code and to ensure total adherence in the meantime to a moratorium on stoning issued by the Head of the Judiciary in 2002."We welcome the recent advances toward reforms by Iranian authorities and upcoming discussions on an amended Penal Code that would suspend at least some stoning sentences," said Larry Cox, Amnesty International USA
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OCT
11
The Mandate of MKO Abiola
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EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
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OCT
11
The Mandate of MKO AbiolaBy Adeleke O. Adeyemi, with the remarks of Reuben AbatiThe Mandate: Audio DramaSuffused with score after score of original, lilting music that resonates with its power and purpose The Mandate, Audio Drama tracks along a ponderous part of Nigeria’s story as it totters on a way forward, past a crossroads onto a path leading past her present – into an impending future. It is here presented for education and entertainment in a way that is gratifying to the soul. This is Drama to experience – over and over again!Following in the chequered tradition of the groundbreaking radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds (by American actor and director Orson Welles, written by the British H.G. Wells, a generation earlier) that captured the imagination of a whole nation an eon of a generation ago, another playwright has given us–startling as gripping–another War.It centres on the calling and career of one whose essence has been aptly captured as:
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OCT
09
Chevron's Human Rights Problems Span Three Continents
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EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
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OCT
09
9 Oct 2007 01:07 Africa/Lagos Chevron's Human Rights Problems Span Three Continents, According to The Coalition to Defend the Amazon Oil Giant Under Fire in Burma, Nigeria and Ecuador for Rights Abuses and Environmental Neglect Still No Defined Human Rights Policy Despite Shareholder Pressure SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The Coalition to Defend the Amazon issued the following statement: Repression in Burma, an environmental disaster in Ecuador's rainforest, and a federal judge's decision last month to force Chevron to stand trial in the U.S. for the massacre of Nigerian villagers highlight the oil giant's growing human rights liabilities around the world.In Burma, the company's ties to the military junta carrying out a brutal crackdown against peaceful street protests has brought international scorn. As a result of its recent take-over of Unocal, Chevron now owns the Yadana gas operation in Burma. Yadana is allowed to operate by a loophole in existing U.S. sanctions aga
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