Endsars

End SARS

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, a notorious unit of the Nigerian Police known for its long record of abuse against Nigerian citizens. The protests originated from a Twitter campaign in 2017, using the hashtag #EndSARS to demand the unit's disbandment by the Nigerian government. The movement experienced a resurgence in October 2020 following further revelations of the unit's abuses, leading to mass demonstrations across major cities in Nigeria, and widespread outrage on social media platforms. The hashtag #EndSARS accumulated over 28 million tweets on Twitter alone. Solidarity protests and demonstrations by Nigerians in the diaspora and sympathizers occurred in many major cities around the world.

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• Entity:  Civil Conflict

• Date:  2020
• Causes:  Killings, Assaults, And Harassment By Sars Officials In Africa, Lack Of Freedom Of Expression
• Methods:  Mass Mobilization Protest, Demonstrations, Online Activism, Civil Disobedience, Marches
• Status:  Concluded, Sars Unit Dissolved On 11 October 2020, Protesting On 20 October 2020 Led To Several Deaths.
• Death(s):  69 Total, (51 Civilians (Including Journalist Pelumi Onifade), 11 Policemen, 7 Soldiers)
• Wikidata description:  Social Movement Against Police Brutality In Nigeria
• Wikidata label:  End Sars
• Wikidata aliases:  End Sars, End Special Anti-Robbery Squad, #Endsars

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