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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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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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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