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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Operations Of Nigeria’s EFCC Raise Concerns Over Human Rights Violations
“When you walk through some estates in Nigerian cities and come across structures marked with spray paint by EFCC as…
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OAU: Students Protest Colleague’s Death Blamed On Poor Handling, Doctors’ Strike
Aisha Adesina, a final year Foreign Language student at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Osun State, Southwest Nigeria, has died as…
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Sit-At-Home (2): Nigerian Police Illegally Detained Residents For Killings By ‘IPOB Militants’
Chigozie Nebo, 14, would have written the last Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for candidates in their final year of…
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Nigerian Security Forces Kill Two In Shi’ite March
At least two persons were killed in Abuja, Nigeria capital, when soldiers and police allegedly opened fire on Shia Muslims…
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US Government Authorises Sanctions Against Human Rights Violators In Ethiopia
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an executive order allowing the U.S. government to impose sanctions against people found responsible…
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Scores Killed, 30 Injured In Buhari Village Bombing, Air Force Denies Culpability
Several persons were killed and over 30 others badly injured in Buhari village of Yobe state, Northeast Nigeria, as a…
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Litigants Lament Pending Judgments, Detention As Judiciary Shuts Down In Ogun state
Tade, Hassan, and Chidiebube (not real names) have been languishing in detention since Oct., 2020 for participating in the #ENDSARS…
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‘Boko Haram Abducted My Son, Yet Soldiers Detain My Husband As Terror Suspect’
Maryam Muhammed, a 31-year-old mother of six, says the Boko Haram conflict has robbed her of the things she values…
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#EndSARS: Bullets Shot At Lekki Toll Gate From Nigerian Army – Forensics
A forensics company, Sentinel Forensic Limited has confirmed that bullets fired from firearms during the #EndSARS protests in Lagos, Southwest…
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#EndSARS: Bullets Shot At Lekki Toll Gate From Nigerian Army – Forensics
A forensics company, Sentinel Forensic Limited has confirmed that bullets fired from firearms during the #EndSARS protests in Lagos, Southwest…
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