Human Rights Law

Latest Human Rights Law News
2020

African court to deliver judgement on Tanzania’s 2020 elections March 6

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Court) will tomorrow,…

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Seminar

Dame Umeoji to speak at Zenith Bank’s International Women’s Day Seminar

Zenith Bank Plc will commemorate the 2026 International Women’s Day with a…

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Global

Human rights under global threat -Guterres

The United Nations(UN) Secretary General, Antonio Gueterres on Monday warned that human…

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El-Rufai

Group calls for investigations into human right abuses under El-Rufai as Kaduna gov

A group known as Kaduna Victims Coalition(KVC) has called for investigations into…

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extortion

Lawyer demands probe of prison officers over extortion of inmates

A legal practitioner, Mr Bala Dakum, has asked the Nigerian Correctional Service…

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Camp

Nozomi Ikuta: From US concentration camp legacy to freedom campaigner

By Owei Lakemfa Liam Conejo Ramos, five, a preschooler at Colombia Heights…

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100m

Family of late Shell engineer seeks $100m compensation for medical negligence

Fifteen years after his death in a questionable medical circumstances, the family…

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Coup

Alleged coup: Release detained soldiers or charge before military tribunal – Falana

Human rights lawyer and activist, Femi Falana SAN has called on the…

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Apartheid

Ilorin’s Growing Religious Apartheid

By Bamidele Johnson I just drove past a shrine to Ogun, the…

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Edewor

Civil Society Group Drags Ozekhome, Others Before LPDC for Misconduct

The last may not have been heard on the London Court judgement…

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Freedom

Press freedom not negotiable under Tinubu’s administration – Shettima

Vice-President Kashim Shettima assures that press freedom remains a non-negotiable pillar of…

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Ese Oruru

Ese Oruru: The Inspiring Triumph of a Survivor

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu In April 2020, then governor of Kano State…

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