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ICC lawyer, activist accuse Nigeria presidential candidate of inciting violence
At a news conference before the Associated Press on Thursday, activist Yunana Shibkau and Goran Sluiter, an attorney for the International Criminal Court (ICC) , announced they have video evidence of 2015 Nigerian presidential candidate Muhammadu Bu (More) |
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UN Security Council condemns Boko Haram attacks
The UN Security Council on Monday condemned attacks by Islamist extremist group Boko Haram in Nigeria and called for an end to terrorist attacks and release of abducted child soldiers. The hostilities include mass killings, destruction of civilia (More) |
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UN rights office condemns mass killings by Boko Haram in Nigeria
A spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Tuesday condemned the recent violence in the town of Baga in northeastern Nigeria committed by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram . The release states that B (More) |
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Amnesty releases satellite images of Nigeria attacks
Amnesty International (AI) released satellite images Thursday that allegedly show the destruction of more than 3,700 buildings in the Nigerian towns of Baga and Doron Baga. The Nigerian government claims the death toll from these attacks, carried (More) |
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Nigeria court sentences 54 soldiers to death
A Nigerian court martial sentenced 54 soldiers to death for mutiny, their lawyer, Nigerian human rights activist Femi Falana , stated on Thursday. The soldiers were found guilty of mutiny while fighting the insurgent Boko Haram Islamist group, in w (More) |
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UN rights chief condemns 'savage extremism' of Taliban insurgents
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein condemned the "savage extremism" of Taliban insurgents who killed at least 130 people, most of them children, at a school in Pakistan on Tuesday. This attack, described by Zeid as "an utte (More) |
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Rights group asks ICC to investigate Nigeria presidential candidate
The Nigerian human rights group Northern Coalition for Democracy and Justice (NCDJ) on Monday urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate and charge presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari for post-election violence in 2011. The NC (More) |
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Nigeria rights groups seeking war crimes investigation
Access to Justice (A2Justice) and eight other civil rights groups brought Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan before the Federal High Court in Abuja Monday with the goal of forcing an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by members of (More) |
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Nigeria high court rules in favor of the Bring Back Our Girls protesters
A Nigerian federal court on Thursday ruled in favor of the Bring Back Our Girls group , saying that the police had no right to block protests in Nigeria. Earlier this year the Bring Back Our Girls activists began daily sit-ins at the Unity Fountain (More) |
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HRW: Boko Haram abductions and abuses continue
Militant group Boko Haram has forced kidnapped women and girls to marry their captors and begun using them for military tactical purposes, Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported [text, PDF; summary] Monday. HRW interviewed 30 individuals who were abduc (More) |
Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.
Learn more about Belva Lockwood.
