{
  "id": 65866,
  "title": "Police led civic rights violations in 2025 – Report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/police-led-civic-rights-violations-in-2025-report",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-03T02:04:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/police-led-civic-rights-violations-in-2025-report/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Journalism has published a report highlighting a significant rise in civic space violations across Nigeria in 2025. Conducted by monitoring 54 media organizations throughout the year, the report documented 245 incidents, with state actors responsible for the majority of the cases. The Nigerian Police were found to be the most culpable, accounting for 53.9% of the incidents involving state actors. The report also revealed that freedom of expression and the right to peaceful assembly and participation were the most violated civic rights. Most of the violations were non-violent, including arrests, detention, intimidation, and restrictions on media coverage. The Federal Capital Territory and Lagos State recorded the highest number of violations. The report calls for stronger investigative journalism, greater editorial attention to civic space issues, and improved protection of journalists.",
  "summary": "A new report reveals 245 civic rights violations in Nigeria in 2025, with police responsible for over 50% of incidents. Learn more about shrinking civic sp Read More: https://punchng.com/police-led-civic-rights-violations-in-2025-report/",
  "key_points": [
    "Wole Soyinka Centre's report reveals 245 civic space violations in Nigeria in 2025.",
    "Nigerian Police responsible for 53.9% of state actor incidents.",
    "Freedom of expression and peaceful assembly most violated rights."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}