HumanRights

New York: UN human rights chief Volker Türk has urged an independent probe into deaths and mass arrests during Iran’s nationwide protests, voicing concern over the security forces’ use of …

Abuja: The Resource Centre for Human Rights and Civic Education (CHRICED) has delivered a sweeping review of Nigeria’s socio-economic and governance landscape in 2025, warning that urgent reforms are needed …

Akure: Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has exercised the prerogative of mercy, granting clemency to 77 inmates serving various sentences in correctional facilities across the state. This is contained in …

Geneva: The Rapid Support Forces(RSF) militia, which has been fighting against government troops in Sudan for two and a half years, killed more than 1,000 civilians during a three-day offensive …

Abuja:  The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Tuesday said it recorded the highest number of abductions in November. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Dr Tony Ojukwu, SAN, revealed …

Yaounde: At least eight people were killed and several others injured in communal clashes in Cameroon’s restive Anglophone region of Northwest, security sources said on Saturday. The clashes erupted early …

Benin City:  Police in Edo State have arrested a mortuary attendant in the Upper Sakponba area of Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area following allegations that vital organs were missing from a …

Dutse: The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has formally handed over 11 rescued victims of human trafficking to the Ringim Local Government Council in Jigawa …

Abuja:  Human rights stakeholders have called on Nigerian authorities to adopt rights-based approaches in managing public protests nationwide, including in the FCT. They stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at …

New York: The United Nations’ Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, Chaloka Beyani, says conflicts are increasingly targeting civilians and heightening the risk of atrocity crimes globally. Beyani gave …