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Hello everyone! Welcome to our tweet chat 'Police Brutality Against LGBT+ Persons in Nigeria'. We hope you’ll keep up with the conversation by following this thread and quote tweeting with your comments or questions. #EndSARS #QueerNigerianLivesMatter
For years, we have recorded in our annual human rights violations reports how police officers and other state actors harass, assault and extort real or perceived queer folks. You can find the reports at theinitiativeforequalrights.org/resources
In a soon to be released report about the effects of Covid-19 on LGBT+ Nigerians, we found that since March, there have been higher levels of extortion and blackmail of gay, lesbian and bisexual people across many states in Nigeria by officers of the Nigerian Police Force.
