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Iran Evin prison death toll jumps, state says

Posted by Chimezie Orisakwe
|Date: October 18, 2022
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Iran Evin prison death toll jumps, state says

A statement from the judiciary in Iran stated that the number of fatalities from a fire at the infamous E ...

A statement from the judiciary in Iran stated that the number of fatalities from a fire at the infamous Evin prison in that country has increased from four to eight. Officials said dozens more were in ...

October 18, 2022
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#EndSARS: Rights Group wants FG to prosecute security operatives who brutalised, killed #EndSARS protesters

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|Date: October 19, 2021
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#EndSARS: Rights Group wants FG to prosecute security operatives who brutalised, killed #EndSARS protesters

The Human Rights Watch has criticised the failure of the Federal Government to hold accountable security ...

The Human Rights Watch has criticised the failure of the Federal Government to hold accountable security operatives who killed #EndSARS protesters in October 2020. This was contained in a statement is ...

October 19, 2021
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Bala: Man accused of insulting Prophet Muhammad held incommunicado by Police since April

Posted by Gideon Ayogu
|Date: July 09, 2020
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Bala: Man accused of insulting Prophet Muhammad held incommunicado by Police since April

Mubarak Bala, a man accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad has allegedly been held incommunicado by th ...

Mubarak Bala, a man accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad has allegedly been held incommunicado by the Nigerian Police since April 28, 2020. This was disclosed by global human rights watch-dog, Hu ...

July 09, 2020
| by Gideon Ayogu

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Vietnam: Activist Nguyen Nang Tinh facing prison term for Facebook posts

Posted by Daniel Oduma-Jato
|Date: November 14, 2019
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Vietnam: Activist Nguyen Nang Tinh facing prison term for Facebook posts

The Vietnamese authorities should drop all charges against human rights activist Nguyen Nang Tinh and imm ...

The Vietnamese authorities should drop all charges against human rights activist Nguyen Nang Tinh and immediately release him, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. A court in Nghe An is scheduled to hear ...

November 14, 2019
| by Daniel Oduma-Jato

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‘Mental health patients face dehumanizing treatment in Nigeria’

Posted by Gideon Ayogu
|Date: November 12, 2019
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‘Mental health patients face dehumanizing treatment in Nigeria’

Human Rights Watch, an international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has alleged that mental health p ...

Human Rights Watch, an international Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has alleged that mental health patients in Nigeria are routinely subjected to dehumanizing treatment. The New York based NGO di ...

November 12, 2019
| by Gideon Ayogu

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Israel’s top court approves deportation of HRW director Omar Shakir over BDS support

Posted by Daniel Oduma-Jato
|Date: November 05, 2019
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Israel’s top court approves deportation of HRW director Omar Shakir over BDS support

Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled to uphold a government decision to deport Human Rights Watch's (H ...

Israel's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled to uphold a government decision to deport Human Rights Watch's (HRW) Country Director Omar Shakir. It will now be up to the government whether to follow through ...

November 05, 2019
| by Daniel Oduma-Jato

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Soldiers, policemen arrested for raping IDPs

Posted by Lilian Osigwe
|Date: December 07, 2016
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Soldiers, policemen arrested for raping IDPs

For allegedly raping Internally Displaced Persons in the North-East, three soldiers, two policemen and a ...

For allegedly raping Internally Displaced Persons in the North-East, three soldiers, two policemen and a prison official have been arrested. Arrested alongside the soldiers and policemen for the same ...

December 07, 2016
| by Lilian Osigwe

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