Thursday, July 2, 2026

Human Rights Defenders

June 18, 2026

950 Nigerian, other countries’ activists, journalists, unionists killed, disappeared in 2025: UN

The UN high commissioner for human rights, Volker Türk, stated, “Behind every data point is a real life lived — or lost.”

Body bags
May 30, 2026

Inaccurate data collation hindering Nigeria’s development: Amnesty International

He said Nigeria’s longstanding challenges are partly due to a failure to prioritise the collection of credible data.

Amnesty International
August 9, 2025

Groups, CSOs demand justice for sexual violence survivor Hadiza Baffa

ROACI described Hadiza’s ordeal as a harrowing account of alleged repeated sexual abuse and systemic silencing by a former government official.

Kabiru Tanimu Turaki and Hadiza Musa Baffa