Defence headquarters can't declare IPOB a terrorist organisation- says HURIWA

Defence headquarters can't declare IPOB a terrorist organisation- says HURIWA

A pro- Democracy and Non- Governmental organisation- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has warned that the Nigerian Military has increasingly become anti- democratic and assuming legislative powers just as the Rights group said the Defence Headquarters can't exercise a power they don't have picking and choosing when to grade any group a terror organisation.

We have opened investigation on Fulani attacks in Nigeria - ICC notifies HURIWA

The International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands has notified the Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) that it had begun an investigation into Fulani herdsmen attacks in Nigeria.

It’s National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko and the National Media Affairs Director, Zainab Yusuf, said in Abuja yesterday that it received a letter from the ICC informing it of the decision.

HURIWA Demands the Immediate Release of Nnamdi Kanu by DSS

HURIWA Demands the Immediate Release of Nnamdi Kanu by DSS

The reported arrest of the Director of Radio Biafra Mr Nnamdi Kanu by the Department of State Service (DSS) has been condemned as outrageous violations of the constitutional freedoms of Right to Association and Movement even as a demand has been tabled for his immediate release and an apology from the Nigerian State.

#Onitsha Massacre: HURIWA condemns killing of peaceful Biafran marchers in Onitsha

HURIWA condemns killing of Onitsha peaceful Biafran marchers

Describing as despicable and a calculated unleashing of controlled state violence and a horrendous attack against freedoms of movement and association, a pro-democracy Non-Governmental Organization HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has condemned the killing of three peaceful Pro-Biafra marchers in Onitsha, Anambra State,  Nigeria by armed Nigerian security operatives recently ostensibly on the orders ofGeneral Muhammadu Buhari.

HURIWA cautions Buhari on $2.1bn World Bank Loan for North-East

HURIWA cautions Buhari on $2.1bn World Bank Loan for North-East

A Pro-transparency Non-Governmental organisation- HUMAN RIGHTS WRITERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA (HURIWA) has cautioned against further dragging the country down the foreign loans' quagmire with another loan package from the World Bank in the guise of rebuilding North East of Nigeria devastated by armed Islamists particularly when the war on terror hasn't successfully been fought and won and the masterminds prosecuted and punished for their monumental crimes against humanity.