Universal Periodic Review

UN asks Nigeria to end death penalty, rights violations

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The United Nations has urged the Nigerian government to abolish the death penalty. Currently, Nigeria’s correctional centres have 3,413 inmates on death row, Abubakar Umar, spokesperson for the Nigerian Correctional Services, said last December. Member States of the global body called for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty pending its abolition from Nigeria’s criminal … Read more

China Under Scrutiny On Human Rights Record During United Nations’ Universal Periodic Review

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This is the fourth time that China appeared before this mechanism the last one being in November 2018. Countries called out the existence of mass detention camps for Uyghurs a few months after they were revealed by a UN committee. (Image: Reuters/File) China Universal Periodic Review: China is under the testing lens of the United … Read more