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I’m at the Press Conference organized by Education as a Vaccine, FIDA, and Dorothy Ndjemanze Foundation, among others, on #AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen. I’ll share snippets of video showing these women’s experiences. Caution: it’s grim stuff.
Another survivor shared her story. #AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen
Another survivor’s story #AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen
Another survivor story #AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen
I didn’t get all the stories, these are just some. They all cover much the same territory: women arrested for being merely just being there under the most frivolous of reason ma, arrested then raped and abused. this state-sanctioned violence and must stop #AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen
After beating and raping these women, these women are extorted of money. The women at the briefing said they were made to pay between 3 and five thousand each. They’re pressed to plead guilty then asked to pay a fine as high as 15k. #AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen
If they even make it to mobile courts, women are sometimes even refused legal representation. From top to bottom, this is inhumane, unconstitutional and against the law. #AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen
Here’s the press Statement civil society organizations released after the briefing on #AbujaPoliceRaidonWomen 
