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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Human Rights Groups React as Amnesty Report Exposes Latest Crackdown on Protesters in Nigeria
Over 24 people died, and security authorities detained more than 1,200 following the nationwide #EndBadGovernance protests that rocked Nigeria in…
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‘Why Investigative Journalist Fisayo Soyombo Was Arrested, Detained’ — Nigerian Army
The military has reacted to reports on the arrest of investigative journalist and founder of Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ),…
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Investigative Journalist Fisayo Soyombo ‘Detained’ For Undisclosed Reasons
Nigerian investigative journalist and founder of Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Fisayo Soyombo, has reportedly been arrested by the 6…
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Nigerian Trafficking Victim Lured by Dubai Job Offer, Stranded in Egypt
When Micheal Chigozie got her ticket to a new life abroad, she was filled with hope. Her dream destination was…
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Demolition in Nigeria’s Capital Displaces Thousands, Shattering Lives in Shantytowns
Beneath the blazing sun of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Nigeria’s North-central, smoke spiralled skyward, marking the harrowing…
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Sankera: Unending Agony in Benue Community After Police Raid
“They’re raiding the house! Armed security personnel… they’ve set it on fire!” The panic in his uncle’s voice sent icy…
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Of Men Unjustly Locked Away and Security Agents Trading the Possibility of Freedom
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… “There,” he said. Hanging beside the driver in a commercial tricycle, Haruna*…
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Forgotten Men of Gallari: A Mass Arrest And A Village Pushed to Brink of Extinction
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… It was around 8 a.m. when the first signs of trouble began.…
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What Does 11 Years in Military Detention Do to a Woman?
Loading the Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Somehow, in all the 11 years she spent in detention at the…
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From Protectors to Predators: The Lives Lost to Lagos’ Anti-Cultism War
“Digbolu-Kolu.” The name is synonymous with the forgotten victims of an anti-cultism war in the Eti-Osa area of Lagos, South…
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