Tag: Human Rights
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Boko Haram: Group fingers Fortune, Amnesty International as forces behind plots to blackmail Nigerian military
The Coalition for Human Rights Monitoring Groups in Nigeria (CHRMGN) has fingered British journalist, Conor Fortune and Amnesty International to be behind a new sponsored plot to blackmail the Nigerian military in the war against terrorism. Fortune, a supposed human rights and conflict resolution writer who is also AI’s Deputy Director of Communications, External Affairs…
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U.N. ,U.S. declare supports for human rights activists
By Dayo Benson New York Amid growing cases of human rights violations by governments around the world, both United Nations and United States have thrown their weights behind human rights activists, declaring their supports for the activists’ struggles for the dignity of human persons. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, said Tuesday, that U.N. would stand…
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Human rights coalition lauds military’s control of Nigerian territories
…. to embark on a tour of liberated communities The Coalition for Human Rights and Human Rights Monitoring Group (CHRHRG) has expressed optimum satisfaction with the military’s sovereignty of Nigeria’s territorial integrity. The Coalition made this known at a press conference on Monday in Abuja ahead of a tour of liberated communities in the North-East.…
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Group petitions National Human Rights Commission over coordinated brutality on military personnel in Rivers State
Global Integrity Crusade Network (GICN), a human rights group has petitioned the National Human Rights Commission over alleged coordinated attacks on military personnel by some persons believed to be working for Rivers State Government. The human rights group specifically frowned at the role of Governor Nyeson Wike in the inhuman treatment, violent attack and attempted…
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US 2018 Human Rights report accuses Nigeria, others of violations
By Dayo Benson,New York Latest human rights report compiled by the United States Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor have listed Nigeria among countries with poor human right practice alongside Cameron and Uganda in 2018. The reports were compiled by human rights officers in US embassy’s across the world. Other countries listed in the…
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Incriminating Amnesty International report accuses Buhari govt of unlawful killings
Torture and other ill-treatment and unlawful detention by the police and the State Security Service (SSS) continued in Nigeria, Amnesty International revealed in its 2017/2018 report that also accused the President Muhammadu Buhari government of unlawful killings and torture. TheNewsGuru reports the London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights launched its 2017/2018 edition annual report…
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Amnesty International report shines light on 15 human rights issues in Nigeria
London-based non-governmental organization focused on human rights, Amnesty International, has launched its 2017/2018 edition annual report detailing state of human rights in 159 countries, including Nigeria. TheNewsGuru reports the 409-page report, which lists human rights abuses from the civil war in Syria to Police brutality in Kenya, covers all major human rights issues in Nigeria.…
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Counter-insurgency campaign guided by rules of engagement — Commander
Maj.-Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the Theatre Commander, Operation Lafiya Dole, says the ongoing counter-insurgency operation is guided by Rules of Engagement and respect for human rights. Nicholas also disclosed that over 3,000 persons were rescued by troops from Boko Haram captivity in the past few weeks in Sambisa Forest and Lake Chad region. The theatre commander’s…
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Israel accuses UN rights forum of bias over Palestinians
Israel on Tuesday accused the UN of continuous discrimination against it over its treatment of Palestinians and called for reforms of its human rights body. The Human Rights Council’s regular examination of Israel’s record, the first since 2013, comes after U.S. President Donald Trump recognised Jerusalem on Dec. 6 as the capital of Israel, angering…