Tag: Human Rights
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UN human rights Chief defends online hate speech regulation
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has argued that regulating harmful online content is not censorship.
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Blessed are the human rights defenders – By Owei Lakemfa
My mind raced back 34 years as I stood on Saturday in the assembly of human rights defenders who had gathered in Ilorin.
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2023 Elections: Group writes INEC, demands removal of Lagos REC
A human rights group known as International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, has written to Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to remove the Lagos state Resident Electoral Commissioner, (REC) Olusegun Agbaje from office.
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Pope Francis makes first papal trip to Bahrain
Pope Francis is making the first-ever papal trip to Bahrain this week, sparking calls from the country’s majority Shia opposition and human rights activists for the pontiff to raise human rights concerns in the small island nation. The island off the coast of Saudi Arabia is ruled by a Sunni monarchy that violently quashed 2011…
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Drama as Lawyer appears in Supreme Court dressed in ‘olokun’ priest apparel+ Pictures
There was drama at the Supreme Court of Nigeria as Human Rights Lawyer, Chief Malcolm Omirhobo, stormed the court dressed in the apparel of an ‘olokun’ priest. His action according to him was informed by the decision of the Apex Court that ruled that muslim students can wear Hijab to schools in Lagos. TheNewsGuru.com, (TNG)…
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Court dismisses Nnamdi Kanu’s fundamental rights suit against DSS
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, dismissed the fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the leader of the prosrcibed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu against the Department of States Services (DSS). Justice Taiwo Taiwo, in a judgment, dismissed the suit for lacking in merit and substance.
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Investigation panel orders suspended DCP Abba Kyari to appear March 30
An independent investigation panel has fixed March 30 for the suspended DCP Abba Kyari to appear in a petition of alleged unlawful arrest filed by three persons.
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#EndSARS panel orders for Abba Kyari in human rights violations case
An Independent Investigation Panel on Friday ordered the Chairman, National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa to produce suspended DCP Abba Kyari on March 22.
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Human rights group mourns Mohammed Fawehinmi
The Centre for Human and Socioeconomic Rights says the demise of Mohammed Fawehinmi, eldest son of late legal icon and activist, Chief Gani Fawehinmi, is a terrible loss. Mr Alex Omotehinse, National President of the group, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria while reacting to the death of the lawyer.…
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COVID-19: Group counters commission’s report, says Adeyanju enlisting Ojukwu for destructive purposes
The National Coalition on Peace and Human Rights in Nigeria (NCPHRN) has rubbished the Human Rights Commission’s report on the enforcement of lockdown across the country to curb coronavirus. In a statement signed by the President, Barrister Paul Smith Agbo, on Thursday, the human rights coalition revealed that Executive Secretary, Ojukwu, allowed himself to be…