In collaboration with United Nations Development Programme Accelerator Lab Kenya and the Healthy Internet Project (HIP) incubated at Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED), Busara Center for Behavioral Economics conducted a live behavioral science experimental demonstration of the Healthy Internet Project (HIP) plug-in, an open-source web browser extension that allows users to flag content online anonymously: it is intended to help curb the spread of lies, abuse, and fear-mongering, as well as to uplift useful ideas on the internet.
Statement On The Nigerian Police Brutality
The Nigerian Constitution and other domestic laws also provide several similar safeguards for suspects. Both international human rights law and Nigerian law also prohibit the use of statements obtained through torture or other ill-treatment. Despite these provisions, however, Amnesty International’s research indicates that torture and ill-treatment remain routine practices in SARS detention centers. Amnesty International has received persistent reports of torture and other ill-treatment of detainees in SARS custody.”