,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #abaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house    
,,of ,,representatives  ,november #ab1  
#bjbj,mr4 ,green of ,texas 7for himself1
 ,mr4 ,castro of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,raskin1  
,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,ms4 ,bass1   
,ms4 ,jayapal1 ,mr4 ,cohen1 ,mr4        
,mc,govern1 ,mrs4 ,watson ,coleman1 ,mr4
 ,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,ms4 ,fudge1
 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1   
and ,mr4 ,schiff7 submitted the         
following resolution2 which was referred
 to the ,committee on ,foreign ,affairs 
,,resolution  ,supporting the           
,end,s,a,r,s peaceful protest movement  
in ,nigeria4  ,whereas1 on ,october #bj1
 #bjbj1 armed security forces reportedly
 indiscriminately fired live ammunition 
on a crowd of peaceful protestors that  
had gathered at the ,lekki tollgate in  
,lagos1 ,nigeria1 resulting in numerous 
deaths and injuries1 in an event now    
known as ,black ,tuesday2 ,whereas1 on  
,october #c1 #bjbj1 a widely shared     
video emerged appearing to show footage 

of the brutal murder and robbery of a   
,nigerian civilian by officers of the   
,federal ,special ,anti-,robbery ,squad1
 commonly known as ,,sars2 ,whereas     
since the emergence of this footage1    
thousands of people across ,nigeria have
 been publicly and peacefully           
demonstrating against police brutality  
and demanding the complete disbandment  
of ,,sars2 ,whereas the ,end,s,a,r,s    
protest movement in ,nigeria has been   
peacefully calling for the disbandment  
of ,,sars1 which has been implicated in 
widespread human rights abuses1         
including torture and extrajudicial     
killings2 ,whereas there has been       
significant evidence of police violence 
and abuse by ,,sars in ,nigeria1 which  
must be thoroughly and immediately      
investigated in order to achieve justice
 for victims2 ,whereas all peaceful     
protestors who were wrongfully arrested 
for participating or supporting the     
,end,s,a,r,s protests must immediately  
be released2 ,whereas there must be an  

immediate independent investigation of  
the actions that led to the killing of  
and the use of deadly force against     
protestors at the ,lekki tollgate on    
,october #bj1 #bjbj2 ,whereas justice   
for the victims--and their              
families--killed by ,nigerian security  
forces during peaceful demonstrations   
against police abuse must be addressed2 
,whereas comprehensive reform of the    
security sector1 including specific     
measures of accountability1 should be   
immediately initiated and implemented in
 a public and transparent manner2       
,whereas the ,nigerian ,government must 
uphold the right to peaceful protest and
 assembly in accordance with the        
,international ,bill of ,rights1 the    
,african ,charter on ,human and         
,peoples' ,rights1 and the ,constitution
 of the ,federal ,republic of ,nigeria  
#aiii 7as amended72 ,whereas there are  
over #a1jjj1jjj ,nigerian migrants      
across the world1 with nearly #djj1jjj  
,nigerian immigrants and their children 

residing in the ,united ,states2        
,whereas the ,african ,union issued a   
strong condemnation of the murder of    
,george ,floyd1 an ,african-,american   
man unlawfully killed by ,minneapolis   
police officers1 in recognition of the  
global significance of the ,black ,lives
 ,matter movement2 and ,whereas         
injustice against ,black lives in       
,nigeria is a matter of international   
concern1 because ,black lives matter    
wherever they may be in the world3 ,now1
 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of   
,representatives-- 7#a7 condemns the    
violent crackdown on peaceful protestors
 by the ,nigeria's security forces2     
7#b7 calls on the ,nigerian ,government 
to-- 7,a7 not use excessive force       
against peaceful protestors in          
compliance with international law2 and  
7,b7 desist from the persecution1       
harassment1 and infringement of the     
human rights of any and all ,nigerians  
for exercising their rights to protest2 
7#c7 calls on the ,african and          

international human rights community to 
conduct independent investigations into 
the use of deadly force against         
protestors at the ,lekki tollgate on    
,october #bj1 #bjbj2 and  7#d7 supports 
the demands of the ,end,s,a,r,s movement
 for justice1 accountability1 and       
meaningful police reform4