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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Court Stops AEPB, Police From Arresting Alleged ‘Sex Workers’ In Abuja
A Federal High Court in Abuja has stopped the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) and other law enforcement agencies from…
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Police Rescue Teenagers From Traffickers, Enroute Cote D’ Ivoire, Libya
Nigeria Police have rescued seven teenagers in Edo State, South-south Nigeria, from being trafficked outside the country. According to the…
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Central African Republic Soldiers Accused Of Extra-Judicial Killing Of 5 Civilians
Soldiers of the Central African Republic national army, FACA, have been accused of killing five Peul civilians in the locality…
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Cameroon Army, Separatists Commit ‘Grave Abuses’ On Civilians – Human Rights Watch
Anglophone separatists and the Cameroonian military have been accused of committing grave atrocities against civilians in the country, according to…
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Kano State Court Sentences Child Trafficking Mastermind To 104 Years Imprisonment
Paul Owne, the mastermind of the trafficking and sale of nine missing children found in Anambra State, Southeast Nigeria has…
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US Suspends Attack Helicopter Sale To Nigeria Over Human Rights Concerns
Members of the United States Congress have placed on hold authorisation process for the sale of AH-1 attack helicopters and…
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Insurgency: Nigeria Releases Detainees After 6 Years But Leaves Them Stranded
Over a week after the Nigerian Army released them, former detainees at Giwa barracks lament that they have not been…
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#NnamdiKanu: Sowore Arrested At Abuja Court
Omoyele Sowore, a former Presidential aspirant and the convener of Revolution Now, has been arrested during the trial of Nnamdi…
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Military Court Sentences 2 Soldiers For Torturing Miners In DR Congo
Two soldiers of the national army of the Democratic Republic of Congo known as FARDC have been jailed for torturing…
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Murder In The Lagoon: How Hospital Allegedly Killed Patient By Administering Expired Drug
Adelagun Ronke*, 50, was surrounded by her children and siblings as she was taken into the Ikoyi branch of the…
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