HUMAN RIGHTS
Police Detain Four Officers Over Viral Video Showing Suspect Forced Into Car Boot in Imo State
The Imo State Police Command has ordered the detention of four security personnel after a viral video showed a young...
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Rights Group Demands Release or Prosecution of Civilians Held Without Trial at Giwa Barracks
Nigerian military authorities running Operation Hadin Kai are facing renewed calls to immediately charge or release civilians who have spent...
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
The Week Nigeria Stopped Counting: August 2-8 and the Normalization of Violence From an Afrobeat icon's death to bullets fired...
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Outrage as Masked Security Men Abduct Ebonyi Activist’s Nursing Wife in Alleged Political Witch-Hunt
Tensions have escalated in Ebonyi State following reports that security operatives, allegedly acting on the orders of the state government,...
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
Nigeria's Bloodiest Week: How Late July Became a Recurring Season of State Violence From a bloodless coup to Boko Haram's...
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Nine Years After Alleged SARS Abduction, Police Take Step Toward Compliance
The Nigeria Police Force has notified the Federal High Court in Abuja that it has transmitted its investigation report and...
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Amnesty International Demands Release of Engineer Held by DSS for Over Three Years
Amnesty International has called on Nigeria's Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately release or formally charge Engr. Tahiru Mohammed...
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From Icon to Indicted: What Aung San Suu Kyi’s Fall Teaches Us About Human Rights Leadership
There are few figures in modern history whose story captures both the promise and the peril of human rights advocacy...
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Pastor to die by hanging for killing 16-yr-old daughter in Calabar
A Calabar High Court has sentenced a 51-year-old Apostle, Ubong Bassey Etim, to death by hanging for murdering his 16-year-old...
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Global prison population hits 11.7 million as UN warns of deepening overcrowding crisis
The world's prison population is climbing once again, reaching 11.7 million people in 2023 after a brief pandemic-era dip, according...
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