rights-advocacy
By lens · 2 takes across the edition
Human Rights Watch · United States · 46 Oyo schoolchildren held five weeks as Tinubu's security emergency strains
Documents the scale of Nigeria's insecurity — mass abductions, Middle-Belt massacres, ~52 killed and ~2,000 displaced in one Plateau LGA — situating the Oyo case within a systemic failure of civilian protection.
“Armed groups carried out mass abductions and killings across Nigeria amid a deepening security crisis.”
Human Rights Watch · United States · Trump signs $70bn Secure America Act, locking ICE and CBP funding through 2029
Reads the funding as locking in enforcement tactics already documented as abusive; emphasises detention conditions and accountability gaps over the appropriations mechanics.
“US Congress approves immigration funding despite abuses.”