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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French Journalist Kidnapped By JNIM Speaks In ‘Proof of Life’ Video
Olivier Dubois, a French journalist kidnapped by the jihadist organisation Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) in Mali in May…
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Gabon Among Top 10 African African Countries With Good Women’s Rights Laws
Gabon is among the top 10 African countries that have carried out reforms ensuring equality, according to the World Bank’s…
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Human Rights Violations In DR Congo Rise By 8% In January – UN
The UN Joint Human Rights Office (UNJHRO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo, says state agents were responsible for 270…
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#IWD: Save The Children Tasks Government To End All Forms of GBV
Save the Children International has called on government at all levels (federal, state and local governments) to end all forms…
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Why Children In Northwest Nigeria Are Ending Up On The Streets
Muhammed Abdulmumin, 11, woke up shivering under a bridge in Zaria, Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, in the early hours of Feb.…
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The Bloodbath (4): Nigerians Jailed After Zaria Massacre Share Their Ordeal
After surviving a fire incident during the Zaria Massacre of Dec. 2015, Ahmad Musa was immediately arrested by soldiers who…
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Nigeria’s Definition Of Torture Is Faulty, Parliament Needs To Fix It
On Tuesday, March 1, 2022, members of the National Assembly voted on 68 proposed amendments to the 1999 Constitution of…
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The Bloodbath (3): Seven Years On, Wounds From Zaria Massacre Yet To Heal
Yusuf Abdulkareem, 28, did not think he would survive after he was shot by soldiers during the Zaria Massacre of…
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The Bloodbath (2): Children Brutalised During Zaria Massacre Still Living With Trauma
Zainab Yakubu’s father and three siblings were killed by soldiers who unleashed an attack on the residence of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky,…
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The Bloodbath (1): Families Mourn Loved Ones Years After Zaria Massacre
Sherifat Yakubu, 60, tied the knot with her heartthrob, Muhammed Yakubu, in Zaria, Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, in 1980. They both…
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