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 Judge Sends Lawyer To Prison For Demanding Press Freedom
Inibehe Effiong, a human rights lawyer and activist, has been sent to prison by Ekaette Obot, the Chief Judge of…
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Security Forces Arrest Another Journalist In Nigeria
The Police in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Monday, July 25, arrested Ayodele Samuel, the Publisher of Taraba Truth and head…
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Police Arrest, Deny Journalist Bail For Undisclosed Reasons In Northwest Nigeria
The police in Zamfara State, Northwest Nigeria, on Saturday, July 23, arrested and detained Umaru Maradun, the correspondent of the…
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CPJ Reacts As Police Release Peoples Gazette’s Journalists
The five journalists arrested by police during a raid at Peoples Gazette Newspaper Head Office located in the Utako area…
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5 Journalists Arrested As Nigeria Police Raid Peoples Gazette’s Head Office
The Nigerian police, on Friday, July 22, raided the Head Office of Peoples Gazette located in the Utako area of…
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Ikeja Bomb Blast: Buried Hopes And Fresh Wounds 20 Years After
Though the rain had just fallen and a cool breeze passed under the trees, it was not enough to calm…
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Military Reprisals On Civilians Worsening Human Rights Abuse In Nigeria
Soldiers of the Nigerian Army on Sunday, June 26, killed a yet-to-be ascertained number of civilians in the Nko community…
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Soldiers Enforcing Curfew Kill Unarmed Civilians In Southeast Community Ravaged By Terrorists
Some Nigerian soldiers have again killed a yet-to-be-ascertained number of people at Ogbaru community in Ogbaru Local Government Area of…
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Nigeria’s ‘Holding Charge’ Policy Affecting Access To Justice
Sikiru Rahman, 24, was arrested by the police in January 2020 while returning from work at Badore, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.…
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Yakurr Communal Clash: Soldiers Kill, Displace Residents In Retaliatory Attack
Esther Offem, 30, has been in a state of despair since the death of her 70-year-old father, Okoi Offem. Offem…
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