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Her father was unfairly arrested in Nigeria. Now her nonprofit fights for others.

In August 2014, Christian John boarded a bus from Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, to get back to his studies two hours away at Government Technical College Kajuru. A few minutes into the ride, the vehicle broke down, and as the passengers waited for the problem to be fixed, armed federal police from the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) swarmed them.

“When I tried to inquire what was going on, they slapped me and asked that I keep quiet,” Mr. John recalls. 

The officers handcuffed Mr. John, and then bundled him and the other passengers into a waiting van that zoomed off to the police station. “It was

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