Lesotho Prime Minister Sam Matekane must deliver on promise to ensure ‘realization of human rights’
Lesotho Prime Minister Sam Matekane must move swiftly to honour his promise to ensure the “realization of human rights”, including...
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LASG partners UN to educate students on human rights
By Francis Francis Lagos State Education District II, in conjunction with the United Nations Information Centre, has organised a symposium...
China: Over 240 Organisations Call For Action On Human Rights Ahead Of Beijing Winter Olympics
Over 240 human rights organisations have called for action on human rights in China ahead of the Beijing Winter Olympics,...
Failure To Give Timeframe For Hearing Of Fundamental Rights Enforcement Suits In Nigerian Courts: A Perpetual Setback To Human Rights Cases In Nigeria
The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended)-herein after referred to as the Constitution and the International...
New Sources of Capital Lands Nigeria’s Finance Industry, Others in the Soup
Nigeria’s finance industry and all the others around the world are in the soup over the alleged negative impact of...
China, Western World and Human Rights Revolving Doors
The reported remark by Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin at the just concluded 47th session of the United Nations (UN)...
Pegasus Rides Again: The NSO Group, Spyware and Human Rights
They keep insisting they don’t do it. But companies such as the Israeli NSO Group are global vendors for regimes,...
LGBT rights are human rights
Nigeria is a hostile place for Lesbians, Gays, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) persons. The consensus is that being gay (used...
Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Girl Advocates Step-up in India to Protect Human Rights
As India grapples with a deadly surge in COVID-19 cases, registering thousands of deaths a day, front-line workers are labouring around...
Education as a Human Right
Introduction: When I saw the topic “Education as a Human Right” what readily came to my mind, is that, it...
10 Most-read Human Rights Stories of 2020
Senior Web Producer at Human Rights Watch, Paul Aufiero, says there are 10 most-read human rights stories this outgoing 2020....
Analysis: NBC Fine on Arise, AIT and Channels TV is Illegal
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has fined Channels Television, AIT and Arise TV N3 million each over their “unprofessional coverage”...
Uzbek Parliament Scales-up Involvement In Human Rights
The Uzbek Parliament is currently scaling-up its involvement in the area of human rights. Two years ago, the lawmakers developed...
President Buhari, you better start singing or…
With less than three years left for this administration, we are heading in the wrong direction. My beloved President had...
Human Rights Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
In Nigerian history, there have been some reported cases of human rights violation which had occurred in the past. Today,...
Between the abusive and restrictive freedom of expression: striking a balance between absolutism and the public and national interests opinions
Freedom of expression is a fundamental right guaranteed under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended)-herein after...
Human Rights Watch Indicts China, Says It’s Threatening Human Rights Globally
The Executive Director of a global rights group, Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, has dealt China, a global economic tiger,...
The Possible Negative Impacts of the Internet on Human Rights of Nigerian Citizens: A Cause for Alert!
I have taken observation of the rising nature of the internet and all of its surrounding developments as well as...
Google, Facebook business models threat to human rights
The data-collection business model fuelling Facebook and Google represents a threat to human rights around the world, Amnesty International said...
Why Human Rights Are Important in Achieving Sustainable Development in Nigeria
Nigeria attaches great importance to the realization of the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This is underlined...
What do you have to offer if you take away those guaranteed human rights?!
Human rights are inalienable rights of man but unfortunately, they are rights that have become subjected to injustice by man...
Global Group Indicts Cameroon Again On Appalling Human Rights Record
The human rights record of Cameroon does not seem to be showing any sign of improvement. Reports by rights groups...
Google employees call for pledge not to work with US immigration officials
Hundreds of Google employees are calling on the company to pledge it won’t work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection...
When I Discovered that ‘Human Rights Activism’ is a Divine Call!
‘Activism’ as defined by the Webster on-line dictionary, is ‘a doctrine or practice that emphasizes direct vigorous action especially in...
Violent Voyeurism: Surveillance, Spyware and Human Rights
Surveillance is merely a variant of violent voyeurism, the human behind the camera or visual apparatus observing behaviour in a...
DEMOCRACY: WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO A HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST
The word ‘Democracy’ according to President Abraham Lincoln,the then President of the United States of America, is ‘a government of...
Menstruation is not a girls’ or women’s issue – it’s a human rights issue
JUBA/COX’S BAZAR/UNITED NATIONS – “My periods are a nightmare,” Nyanjuma Galoth, 20, told UNFPA at a civilian protection camp in South...
