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Human Right Activist

Human rights activists work to promote and protect human and civil rights through activities like promoting their own rights and the rights of others, and by acting as journalists, whistleblowers, and lawyers. The document highlights some prominent human rights activists in Nigeria, such as Ken Saro-Wiwa and Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, and around the world, including Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. It defines a human rights activist as a person who campaigns for political or social change and states that assessing and researching the contributions of activists is important for understanding human rights.

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Human Right Activist

Human rights activists work to promote and protect human and civil rights through activities like promoting their own rights and the rights of others, and by acting as journalists, whistleblowers, and lawyers. The document highlights some prominent human rights activists in Nigeria, such as Ken Saro-Wiwa and Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, and around the world, including Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. It defines a human rights activist as a person who campaigns for political or social change and states that assessing and researching the contributions of activists is important for understanding human rights.

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HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS

We are learning to:

1. State who an activist is


2. Mention things done by Human Rights Activists
3. Highlight some human right activists in Nigeria and some other countries.

An activist is a person who campaigns for political or social change.

A human rights defender or human right activist is a person who individually, or with others,
acts to promote or protect human rights. They can be journalists, whistle blowers, lawyers, etc.

The major activities of human rights activists include promoting and safe guarding their own
rights and those of all individuals.

Some of Nigeria’s prominent human rights activists are Ken Saro-Wiwa, Margaret Ekpo, Chnua
Achebe, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti, Gani Fawehinmi, Festus Keyamo, Dr. Josephine Odumakin,
etc.

Human rights activists around the world include Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Martin
Luther King Jnr., Mahatma Gandhi, Malala, etc.

Assessment

1. Describe a human right activist.


2. What is the major duty of a human rights defender?

Home work

Choose one Nigerian human rights activist. Research and write about his/her contribution to
human rights cause.

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