End SARS

When

Oct 2020

Kind

Protest

Coordinates

9.00° N, 8.00° E

Description

social movement against police brutality in Nigeria

Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.

Decentralized social movement against police brutality in Nigeria (2020)

End SARS, widely written as EndSARS or #EndSARS, was a decentralised social movement and series of mass protests against police brutality in Nigeria that mainly occurred in October of 2020. The movement's slogan called for the disbandment of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), a notorious unit of the Nigerian Police known for its long record of abuse against Nigerian citizens.

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