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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Nigeria’s Regional Security Outfit Accused Of Extrajudicial Measures
Folarera Ademola was an easy-going National Diploma student of Science Laboratory Technology at Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, Southwest…
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Halt All Relocation Of Displaced People In Borno, Say Human Rights Watch
The closure of Internally Displaced People’s Camps in Borno should be brought to an immediate halt until people can be…
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Radio Ndarason Website Experiences ‘Sustained, Massive’ Attack
The website of Radio Ndarason International (RNI), which broadcasts across the Lake Chad basin in local languages, has had to…
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Boko Haram: Nigerian Military Re-arrests 101 Detainees After Release From Kirikiri
As soon as the High Court in Lagos ordered the release of 101 detainees imprisoned for over a decade without…
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Nigerian Authorities Order Release Of Embattled Separatist Leader
A court of appeal sitting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Thursday, Oct. 13, has ordered the release of jailed separatist…
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Reforming Children Through Isolation And Brutality: Kaduna Borstal’s Harsh Methods
There was the fact that he stopped attending class at his secondary school and preferred to pass the time by…
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Wedding Guests, Brothers… Ebubeagu’s Murdered Victims In Nigeria’s Southeast
Priscilia Obinwa cried bitterly as she spoke of the death of her only son, Chigozie, almost as if the ferocity…
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‘Thief! Thief!’: Living With The Scars Of Nigeria’s Jungle Justice Rage
Frank Afanvi, 38, was a Nigerian-Togolese who lived all his life in Nigeria’s southwestern Lagos State. He taught French at…
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The Day ‘Peacekeeping’ Troops Became Murderous In Nigeria’s Cross River Community
Isoko Eta, 42, sat quietly in front of his burnt house. He had just swept the surroundings of his late…
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Lagos-Bound Woman Arrested With 3 Abducted Children In Northeast Nigeria
A 46-year-old mother of two, Insa Henshaw, was on Thursday, Aug. 25, paraded by the police in Borno, Northeast Nigeria,…
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