…says the frequency at which gender based violence is perpetrated in the society calls for a sustained sensitization and awareness campaign, which only National Human Rights Commission cannot handle The National Human Rights Commission, (NHRC) on Friday said seventy percent of cases reported to its office in Anambra State bother on domestic abuse. The State
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A joint assessment by the Ethiopian Human Rights Council and Office of the High Commission for Human Rights, released on 3rd November 2021 disclosed that hundreds of women were sexually violated by all actors involved in the conflict in Northern Ethiopia NEW YORK, Muzeyen Jemal, a 19-year-old young woman, was working as a housemaid in
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A civil society organisation in Niger Delta, Policy Alert said it has petitioned the international human rights community over what it termed as ‘gestapo’ tactics against journalists in Akwa Ibom State. The Executive Director of the organisation, Tijah-Bolton Akpan stated this in a statement signed by the media contact person of the organisation, Nneka Luke-Ndumere
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