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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Chadian Civil Society Actors Reject New Military Council Under Deby’s Son
Following the death of Chadian leader, Idriss Deby Itno on Tuesday, April 20 and the formation of a military council…
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Nigerian Journalist Lays Low After Threat To Life, Police Invitation
Nigerian journalist and publisher of Daily Nigerian, Jaafar Jaafar, has gone into hiding following threats to his life and an…
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Woman In Legal Battle With Kano Governor Goes Into Hiding
Sai’da Saad Bugaje, a lawyer and Legal Adviser to the Kaduna Geographic Information Service (KADGIS), became a victim of harassment…
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How Leaders Weaponised COVID-19 To Perpetuate Human Rights Abuse
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the terrible legacy of deliberately divisive and destructive policies that have perpetuated inequality, discrimination, and…
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Boko Haram: Again, Amnesty International Petitions ICC To Investigate War Crimes
Amnesty International (AI) has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to immediately open a full investigation into the atrocities…
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Nigerian Journalist Raises Alarm Over Threat To Life
Nigerian journalist and publisher of Daily Nigerian, Jaafar Jaafar, has raised alarm over renewed threats to his life, saying Governor…
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Commission Awards N575 Million Compensation To Police Brutality Victims
The inquiry panel set up by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to investigate police brutality and alleged human rights…
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ACHPR Expresses Concern Over Use Of COVID-19 Restrictions To Shrink Civic Spaces
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), in its 31st extraordinary session, which held virtually between 19th and…
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Military Officers Linked To #GiwaBarrackMassacre Promoted
Hundreds of detainees were extrajudicially killed after a security breach on March 14, 2014, at a detention facility in the…
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Seven Years On, Blood From Giwa Barracks Massacre Yet To Dry
When her young boy was picked up by the Nigerian military nearly a decade ago, Ya Amsa Fannami was advised…
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