Human Rights
Kenyan Advocate Files Lawsuit Against Four U.S. Companies Over Chemical-laced Sanitary Products
Wakili Joseph Mwai, a Kenyan-based Consumer Protection and Human Rights Advocate, alongside Taifa Mpya, has filed a lawsuit against four U.S.-based sanitary products...
In Violation Of International Law, Netanyahu Orders Ghanaian Peacekeepers To Yield For Planned Israeli Assault On Lebanon
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered Ghanaian, Irish and Italian peacekeepers under UN mission to move up north (5km away) to allow...
Ghana’s President Calls for Strike Suspension Over Illegal Mining Activities
Ghana’s President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged the Organised Labour to halt the planned “strike action” over illegal ‘galamsey’ mining poisoning water...
Court halves bail for 5 #EndBadGovernance protesters from N10m to N5m each
A Federal High Court in Abuja has reduced the bail amount for five of the 10 #EndBadGovernance protesters previously charged N10 million each...
HURIWA Opposes Wike and Tinubu’s Plan to Build Judges’ Houses, Citing Political Capture of Judiciary
HURIWA, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, has ascribed corruption in the judiciary to undue influence exerted by the executive arm of...
JUST IN: Isaac Bristol Regains Freedom After Meeting Bail Conditions
Isaac Bristol, whom the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) alleged to be behind anonymous whistleblower @PIDOMNIGERIA on X, has regained freedom, having met the...
Protesters In Ghana Demand Release Of Detained Anti-Galamsey Activists
Protests began in Accra, Ghana on Thursday, calling for the release of 53 activists who were arrested last week during demonstrations against illegal...
Nigerians Commence Protests Against Bad Governance on 64th Independence Day
Nigerians have commenced the announced #FearlessOctober protests on Tuesday at the Ikeja Underbridge in Lagos State and the country’s capital, Abuja. The protest...
African Migrants In Lebanon Abandoned By Employers Amid War with Israel, Video Reveals
A video circulating online has revealed that African migrants in Lebanon are being instructed by their Lebanese employers to stay behind and take...
HURIWA Urges UN to Protect October 1st Protesters from Tinubu’s Planned Armed Crackdown
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, or HURIWA, has called on the United Nations Human Rights Council and Secretary-General António Guterres to intervene...
Student Recounts Negligence and Mishandling of Sexual Harassment Case by Hired Labourer at Anchor University
A student of Anchor University, Evangel Ganiyu, has made allegations of negligence and mishandling of a sexual harassment case involving a female student...
Obey Court Order Probing Electoral Bribery Suspects or Risk Contempt Charge – SERAP to INEC
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged Professor Mahmood Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to immediately enforce...