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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39 Awaiting Trial Inmates Regain Freedom In North-central Nigeria
Thirty-nine inmates awaiting trial for over 10 years at Keffi Custodian Center in Nasarawa State, North-central Nigeria have been released.…
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2021 Trafficking In Persons Report: What Nigeria’s Upward Ranking Implies
With Nigeria’s elevated ranking from a tier two watch list status to a tier two status on the United States…
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UN Reports Drop In Human Rights Abuse In Central African Republic
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has reported a drop in incidents of…
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Over 300 Nigerians Held Illegally In Italy Prions – Former Commissioner
Over 300Â Nigerian youths are currently detained in Italian prisons over alleged Mafia related offences, a former commissioner has said.…
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Exclusive: Over 2,500 People Still Detained At Giwa Barracks, 67 With Tuberculosis
Despite the recent release of hundreds of people, there are still over 2,500 detainees at Giwa barracks, a military detention…
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Family Of Traumatised Ex-Giwa Barracks Detainee Say Help Yet To Come From Authorities
Bana Usman has not remained the same since his five-year ordeal at Giwa Barracks, a military detention centre in Maiduguri,…
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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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