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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Nigerian Journalists Dodged Attacks, Mourned Lost Colleagues As They Chased Stories In 2023
Three days after he was declared missing by his family, the corpse of Hamisu Danjibga, a long-serving broadcast journalist at…
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Nairobi’s Sex Trafficking Gangs And The Girls On The Receiving End
It’s Friday noon, and Ebla Ali wades through a muddy lane in Eastleigh, a predominantly Somali community in the suburbs…
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Int’l Human Rights Day: A Look At The State Of Human Rights In Nigeria
On Dec. 10, 1948, representatives of different legal and cultural backgrounds from all regions of the world came together to…
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Failure To Address Human Rights Abuses Emboldening Impunity In Nigeria — Amnesty InternationalÂ
Amnesty International, a group advocating for justice, freedom and equality, has tasked the Nigerian government to address past and current…
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Media Coalition Condemns Harassment Of Nigerian Journalist Arrested On Official DutyÂ
The Coalition for Whistleblowers Protection and Press Freedom (CWPPF) has condemned the harassment of a Nigerian investigative journalist, Marcus Fatunmole,…
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‘They Followed Wrong Intel’: Why Nigerian Army Bombed Over 100 Civilians In Kaduna
On the night of Dec. 3, a group of Muslims gathered for a celebration of the Maulud (birthday of the…
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Accused Of Aiding ISWAP Abduction, Borno Police Detains Three Men For Months Without Trial
When Babagana Kyari was arrested, his wife was pregnant, with her expected date of delivery only a few months away.…
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RSF Killed Hundreds Of Civilians In Sudan’s Darfur, Confirms Human Rights Watch
Confirming previous reports by the UN refugee agency and local groups, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused the Rapid Support…
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A Family’s Heartbreaking Account Of Airstrike Killing 9 Members In North-Central Nigeria
Alhaji Yahaya Bello, 89, has given up on justice for those he has lost. In January 2023, nine of his…
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With Nothing To Eat, Nigeria’s IDPs Settle For The Leftover Of Those Who Terrorised ThemÂ
After over a decade of waging war in the name of religion, Abubakar* has (apparently) dropped his gun and thirst…
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