Human Rights
HumAngle’s Human Rights Desk examines gross human rights violations such as extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances, and arbitrary arrests/detention. It also covers issues surrounding press freedom and monitors reports and activities of human rights organisations.
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Nigerian News Websites Continue To Face Massive Cyber Attacks For Holding Authorities Accountable
Hours after HumAngle published a report that forensic analysis showed that videos showing the killing of protesters at the Lekki…
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One Year After, Nigeria Police Arrest Suspected Kidnappers Of Greenfield Students
The Nigeria Police Force have arrested persons who allegedly perpetrated the kidnap of some school students at Greenfield University in…
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Court Gives Journalists Coverage Access As Separatist Leader’s Terrorism Trial Resumes
Journalists covering the ongoing trial of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), gained access to…
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Nigerian Soldiers Open Fire, Disperse Students Protesting Academic Strike
A protest by some Nigerian students against the protracted strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)…
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Indigent Nigerians Rot In Prison As Legal Aid Council Fails To Fulfil Mandate
Adeyeye Olawale has spent three years at Agodi Prison in Oyo State, Southwest Nigeria. He has no hope of being…
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In Nigeria, Delay In Getting Court Judgements Fuels Human Rights Abuse
Nurudeen Oyedeji, 33, was sentenced to death by hanging by an Osun State High Court in Osogbo, Southwest Nigeria, in…
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Al Jazeera Reporter’s Murder Raises Concern About Protection Of Conflict Journalists
On Wednesday, May 11, grief filled newsrooms across the globe over the death of veteran Al Jazeera journalist, Shireen Abu…
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Human Rights Watch Accuses Russian Mercenaries Of Tortures And Murders In Central African Republic
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Russian mercenaries of the Wagner Security Group of torturing and murdering civilians in…
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UN Indicts DR Congo Army In 231 Human Right Violations
The United Nations says soldiers of the national army of the Democratic Republic of Congo, FARDC, were involved in 231…
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Widows Of Slain Nigerian Soldiers Face Eviction Threat In Maiduguri Army Barracks
Susan Innocent* is enraged because military authorities at Mailamari Army Barracks in Maiduguri, Borno, Northeast Nigeria, informed her and all…
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