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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Police Claim No #EndSARS Protests Have Taken Place In Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command has claimed that there was no #ENDSARS protest in the state on Monday despite video…
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Confinement: Fate Of Victims Of Abuse Unclear As Perpetrators Move Freely
In August, news of some persons incarcerated by their families in northwestern Nigeria broke and drew attention to the abuse…
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Lekki Massacre: Victims, Families Offered Bribes To Keep Quiet, Threatened, Says Petitioner
Victims of military brutality at the Lekki Tollgate Area during a peaceful demonstration by youths in October are being offered…
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Police Brutality: Please Tell Police To Release My Husband’s Corpse For Burial, Woman Tells Panel
Mrs Chidimma Edozieuno, a middle-aged woman whose husband died in the detention of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) in…
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Police Brutality: Rice Farmer Says Police Shot Him Twice In His Farm
Ugochukwu Ekwunugo, a rice miller says a police team from Ajali Division, Orumba South Local Government of Anambra, Southeast Nigeria…
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Police Nab Sex Worker Over Sale Of Own Baby in Katsina State
The police in Katsina State, Northwest Nigeria, have apprehended a 25-year-old sex worker, Zainab (Justina) Adamu, who allegedly sold her…
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#EndSARS: How Police Stray Bullet Crippled Me, Woman Tells Lagos Panel
Hannah Olugbodi, a victim of an alleged police stray bullet, has narrated to the Lagos State Judicial Panel on Restitution…
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NAPTIP Trains Over 1000 Parents On Child Molestation, Trafficking In Kano
National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Person (NAPTIP) has sensitized 180 parents in Kano State, Northwest Nigeria on…
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Kano Hisbah Board Bars Radio Station From Addressing Friday As Black
The Kano State Hisbah Board, saddled with the responsibility of enforcing Sharia Islamic law in the state, has written a…
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Save The Children Commends Katsina State On Passage Of Child Rights Bill
UK based child rights organisation, Save the Children International (SCI) has commended the Katsina State House of Assembly after passing…
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