e-2944 (Foreign affairs)
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Minister of Foreign Affairs
- The Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), created in 1992 by the Nigerian government has abused its anonymity to encroach upon the liberties of Nigerian individuals;
- SARS targets Nigerian youth on a plethora of arbitrary grounds, including clothing and hairstyle;
- Between January 2017 and May 2020, Amnesty International has recorded 82 cases of abuse and extrajudicial killings at the hands of SARS;
- On October 20, 2020, at the Lekki Toll Gate, #EndSARS protestors were shot by Nigerian soldiers;
- The death toll continues to rise;
- Canada is involved in the training of Nigerian security forces, through its Counter-Terrorism Capacity Building Program;
- The Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act and the Special Economic Measures Act condemn "violation[s] of the principles of fundamental justice and the rule of law";
- The rule of law calls for certainty, predictability, and lack of arbitrariness of the law; and
- Canada has the opportunity to reassert these principles, and Nigerian-Canadian citizens and residents pleading for them to take advantage of it.
- Open for signature
- November 20, 2020, at 10:28 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- March 20, 2021, at 10:28 a.m. (EDT)