NHRC records 20% spike in human rights complaints in one month
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said it received 354,997 complaints across Nigeria in July, a 20 per cent increase compared with June.
Thematic violations and resolutions The Senior Human Rights Adviser to the NHRC, Hilary Ogbonna, while presenting the dashboard for July, said human rights violations by law enforcement agents topped the thematic chart of violations, similar to the trend recorded in June.“We must call for attention on sexual violence against children across the country, which has come to a defining head in this past month with a record 25 sexual violence cases on children and minors from our human rights observatory,” Mr Ojukwu, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, said.
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