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Independent reporting on human rights violations, abuses of power, civil liberties and efforts to secure justice and accountability.

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Macklemore Launches ‘Free Palestine’ Tour After Ed Sheeran Fallout, Pledges Proceeds to Palestinian Causes

Ani Afuekwe | Entertainment Reporter -
LOS ANGELES, United States — American rapper Macklemore has announced a new international concert tour to support Palestinians, less than two weeks after being...
Europe

As Pope Leo XIV Prepares to Visit France, 2,000 Church Sexual Abuse Survivors Seek Reparations

Ima Matthew | Sub Editor -
PARIS, France — About 2,000 people who reported suffering sexual abuse by Catholic Church personnel in France have sought reparations through an independent commission...
Celebrity

‘Free Palestine!’: Macklemore Confronts Robert Kraft Over Gaza as Ed Sheeran Tour Continues

Ani Afuekwe | Entertainment Reporter -
PHILADELPHIA, United States — Macklemore and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft have entered a public confrontation over the rapper’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s...
Health

Humanist Group Says Jehovah’s Witnesses’ Blood Policy Change Falls Short

Oluchi Nkwachukwu | Sub-Editor -
LAGOS, Nigeria — The Humanist Enabling Life Project (HELP), an advocacy group, has called on Jehovah’s Witnesses to abolish its ban on whole-blood transfusions...
Impact

SERAP Petitions UN Demanding Probe of Death of 37 Miners in NSCDC Custody

Ekemini Ekwere | News Reporter -
MINNA, Nigeria — The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has asked four United Nations special rapporteurs to press the Nigerian government for an...
Impact

Political Intolerance: 6 Nigerian Governors In Danger of Foreign Travel Ban

Pius Godsday | Politics Reporter -
ENUGU, Nigeria — A Nigerian civil liberties organisation has threatened to lobby foreign governments to restrict travel by six state governors over allegations that...
Impact

Advocacy Group Challenges Zamfara Hisbah Over Woman’s Detention for Alleged Witchcraft

Salisu Sulaimon | Sub-Editor -
GUSAU, Nigeria — A rights organisation has criticised the Zamfara State Hisbah Commission over the arrest of Khadija Abdullah. She was detained in Gusau after...
Impact

3,083 Christians Were Killed in Nigeria in 8 Months in 2026, Rights Group Says

Okechukwu Nwokoye | Sub Editor -
ABUJA, Nigeria — A civil liberties organisation says 3,083 Christians were killed in Nigeria during the first eight months of 2026. Another 3,193 were...
Impact

Religious Freedom: Advocacy Group Asked Tai LGA Council to Abandon ‘Harmful Juju’ Prohibition Bill

Kenneth Ebelemi | Sub Editor -
LAGOS, Nigeria — A rights organisation has asked the Tai Local Government Council in Rivers State to abandon a proposed by-law criminalising the invocation...
Celebrity

Gloria Steinem, Feminist Icon and Celebrated Journalist, Dies at 92

Hope Sampson | Sub Editor -
NEW YORK, United States — Gloria Steinem, the journalist and organiser who became a prominent figure in the American women’s rights movement, died at...
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