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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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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Zamfara School Attack Is A Violation Of Children’s Rights – UNICEF
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has spoken against the abduction of over 400 schoolgirls in Zamfara State,…
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#OccupyLekkiTollgate: How Police Rendered Hundreds Homeless To Prevent Protest
Some Nigerians planned to stage a protest —#OccupyLekkiTollgate— on Saturday, February 13, at the scene of the Lekki Tollgate shooting…
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Northcentral Govt, Agency, Partner To Curb Rising Human Trafficking cases
Simon Lalong, Governor of Plateau State, North-central Nigeria says the government would enlist the National Agency For The Prohibition of…
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#EndSARS: Five Youth Reps Pull Out Of Southeast Panel
Five youth representatives in the Anambra Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Police brutality have announced their resignation from the panel…
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#OccupyLekkitollgate: Police Release Macaroni, Other Protesters On Bail
Activists arrested at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, for rallying against the reopening of the tollgate on…
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#OccupyLekkiTollgate: Police Fill Black Maria With Protesters
Officers of the Nigeria Police have continued to clampdown on protesters at Lekki tollgate in Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria, as…
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#OcuppyLekkiTollgate: Armed Police Beat, Arrest Protesters
Armed police officers, stationed to guide against the #OccupyLekkitollgate protest slated to hold Saturday, Feb. 13 against the reopening of…
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#DefendLagos Protesters Withdraw From Lekki Tollgate Protest
Organisers of #DefendLagos, a protest that supports Lekki tollgate reopening, have suspended their planned rally on Saturday, following heightened security…
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Task Force Uncovers Baby Factory In Southsouth Nigeria
At least 35 persons including 11 children and 24 pregnant women have been rescued from an illegal maternity home in…
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