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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UN Accuses Central African Republic Of Human Rights Violations
The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has condemned the crimes committed against civilians by the Central African Republic national…
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This All-Female Legal Team Is Helping Decongest Nigeria’s Correctional Centres
Solomon Samuel is a young Nigerian struggling for survival as an electrician in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. He was wrongfully arrested…
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Boko Haram: Ex-Detainee Recounts Horrific Torture, Deaths In Giwa Barracks
Apart from those who stood guard over the city, almost everyone had retired to their beds as the sky laid…
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Nigeria Police’s Complaint Response Unit Fails To Live Up To Expectations
Many Nigerians felt relieved when the Police Complaint Response Unit (CRU) was launched in 2015. They were happy to have…
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Separatist Agitation Resurfaces As Attacks On Police In Southeast Nigeria Return
“The separatist have started again and they are already attacking police stations. I lost another friend again last week,” a…
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There’s Nothing Bad About Police Welfare; Citizens Instigating Officers To Go On Strike – Official
An official of the Nigeria Police Force has accused citizens of instigating police personnel to go on strike despite various…
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Human Rights Watch Documents Arbitrary Arrests, Torture In DR Congo
The international rights organisation, Human Rights Watch, says it has documented more than 20 cases of arbitrary arrests, intimidations, torture,…
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Growing Trend Of Fake Military Personnel Frustrating Nigeria’s Fight Against Insecurity
Like every other profession, imposters taking over the military as personnel are now everywhere on the streets, with most of…
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Wait A Minute, Can Nigeria’s Police Officers Go On Strike?
Frustrated by what they call slave-like conditions of work, a group of Nigerian police officers recently gave one of two…
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Displaced & Neglected: The Struggles Of Sokoto IDPs Who Survived Terror Invasions
Isa Adamu, 60, would have loved to spend the rest of his life in his hometown in Sabon Birni Local…
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