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 Notorious SARS Unit Is Dead, But Its Atrocities Live On
Rasheed Balogun was heading to the market to support his mother at her fish store in the Ajah area of…
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Like Presidential Election, Journalists Suffer Attacks During Nigeria’s Governorship Polls
On Saturday, March 18, while coming out of his home to cover the gubernatorial elections in Lafia, North-central Nigeria, Edwin…
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JNIM Releases French Journalist After 711 Days in Captivity
The jihadi organization Jama’atu Nusratul Islam Wal Muslimin (JNIM), which has ties to Al-Qaeda, released French journalist Olivier Dubois on…
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NigeriaDecides2023: Attacks On Journalists Make Election Coverage Dangerous
Journalists have been attacked and prevented from carrying out their lawful duties smoothly in the ongoing presidential and national assembly…
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How Digital Surveillance Threatens Press Freedom In West Africa
When Eti-Inyene Akpan, a freelance photojournalist, heard about the plans to hold #EndSARS protests in Oct. 2020, he was eager…
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Cameroon Makes Arrests In Case Of Murdered Journalist Martinez Zogo
Police investigating the murder of a Cameroonian journalist have arrested a prominent businessman and ally of the government. Amougou Belinga,…
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A Lone Walk To Justice
Once upon a time, 11 years ago, during the early years of Boko Haram, a young man in Maiduguri, Northeast…
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Tragedy On The Road To Maiduguri’s Cattle Market
One cool morning many Septembers ago, Goni set out on a long journey to the urban capital of Borno with…
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A Farmer’s Troubled Return From De-Radicalisation Camp
The question infuriated Abu Bulama. Those asking wanted an answer about what should be done, but to Abu, it seemed…
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Nigeria Yet To Announce Investigations Into Military ‘Abortion Programme’
An investigation exposing a “secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme” in Northeast Nigeria run by the military, has prompted calls…
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