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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Facebook Removes Buhariâs Divisive Post For Inciting Violence
Facebook has deleted a controversial statement by Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, just days after Twitter did same. After a briefing…
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Nigerian Government Suspends Twitter Operations, Says It Divides Citizens
Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, June 3, 2021, citing the…
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#BreketeFamily: How Nigerian Radio Show Has Built A Tribe Of Taxi Drivers
In 2017, Joshua Anyoha, a graduate of Lagos State University, lost his job. From then, he struggled to make a…
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Reporters Without Borders To Organise Rally For Release Of Journalist Abducted In Mali
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has announced the formation of a coordination front to rally the release of journalist Olivier Dubois,…
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#Dega: Police Arrest Suspects In Governor’s Aide’s Murder In North-central Nigeria
Police in Plateau State, North-central Nigeria on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, said they have arrested some suspected killers of Christopher…
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Nigerians Demand More Sanctions From Twitter Over President’s Deleted Tweets
Nigerians on Twitter, on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 poured praises on the platformâs management for deleting a divisive tweet by…
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Ex-Presidential Candidate Injured In Police Crackdown On Anti-Government Protesters In Nigeria’s Capital
Omoyele Sowore, a former presidential candidate sustained an injury around his hip on Monday, May 31, when a team of…
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âNigeriaâs Ordinary Presidentâ: BBC Reporter Says Life Under Threat, Calls For Help
BBC journalist, Peter Nkanga, who reported how popular radio personality, Ahmed Isah, assaulted a criminal suspect, says his life has…
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Relatively Few Women Have Been Detained At Giwa Barracks. Yaâana Was There Twice.
âHajja Yaâana has come!â Unlike the other people she entered with, Yaâana Kaumi*, 42, was not a strange face to…
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The Discreet Lives Of Women Living With HIV In Nigerian IDP Camps
Hajiya*, 30, was out of town when Boko Haram militants attacked Bama in 2014. By the time she returned, her…
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