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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Pentecostal Churches In Gabon Warn of Divine Punishment Over Same Sex Marriage
The Ecclesia Movement in Gabon, a group of Pentecostal churches, has warned the initiators of the law supporting homosexuality in…
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Kano State Government May Relocate Sabon Gari Motor-Park To Check Human Trafficking
As part of measures to check human trafficking, the Kano State government has decided to embark on wide ranging measures…
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Kano Anti-Graft Agency Arrests 50 Security Personnel For Alleged Extortion During Lockdown – Chairman
Kano State Public Complaints and Anti–Corruption Commission arrests over 50 security personnel for allegedly extorting motorists at checkpoints during the…
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Human Rights Respect Far From Desired Standards In Mozambique – Report
A considerable number of people in Mozambique believe that the promotion of Human Rights in the country is still far…
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SARS: Torture A Routine Part Of Nigerian Police Investigation, Reports Amnesty
Torturing suspects is not uncommon but a “routine and systemic part of police investigation” by officials of the Special Anti-Robbery…
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The Fury Of Cameroon’s Street Children
Some years back, a French national was murdered in broad daylight in Cameroon’s economic capital of Douala. Responsibility for the…
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“Children’s Rights Not Very Shiny In Gabon, Minister Says
Erlyne Antonela Ndembet-Damas, the Gabonese Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals has said the situation of children’s rights…
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Yabatech Student Behind Bars For Attempt To Blackmail Fuji Musician Salawa Abeni
The police in Lagos have arrested a 19-year-old National Diploma Electrical Engineering student of Yaba College of Technology, for allegedly…
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28 Months Of Unpaid Salaries: Deaths, Diseases Dot Homes Of Abuja Film Village Workers
For over three months, Bewarang Joshua has been away from his family in Keffi, Nasarawa State. He wanders around Abuja,…
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Obey Court Order, Release Detained Journalists – CPJ Urges Ethiopian Govt
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a non-profit organisation that promotes press freedom, has asked the Ethiopian government to “immediately…
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