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Nigeria: Amnesty International - Over 8,000 Have Died in Nigerian Military Custody
DW, 3 June 2015
A new report from rights group Amnesty International has charged the Nigerian military with being responsible for the deaths of over 8,000 people in its custody. The Nigerian army… Read more »
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Nigeria: Military Accuses Rights Group of 'Blackmail'
Vanguard, 3 June 2015
Statement of Military's Response To Amnesty International Report: Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigeria Urged to Probe Military War Crimes
Al Jazeera, 3 June 2015
The Nigerian military, including nine senior commanders, should be investigated for their role in shooting, starving, suffocating and torturing thousands of people to death during… Read more »
Probe Nigeria Army Officials for War Crimes - Amnesty
Amnesty International says there is sufficient evidence for the International Criminal Court to probe senior military officers for war crimes in the battle against Boko Haram.
The artist Chijioke Ugwu Clement has illustrated many of the victims' horrifying experiences.
Often skeptical Nigerian reporters turned out in force for Amnesty International's report on miss-treatment of civilians in the north.
Amnesty International's Netsanet Belay, Africa research director, told Nigerian journalists that all assertions in the "war crimes" report were verified.
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Nigeria: Buhari to Review Amnesty International's Allegations Against Nigerian Military
Premium Times, 3 June 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari said Wednesday he will review a report by the human rights group, Amnesty International, alleging widespread torture and extrajudicial killings by… Read more »
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Nigeria: Rights Group Accuses Military Chiefs of Possible War Crimes
Premium Times, 3 June 2015
Global human rights organisation, Amnesty International (AI) has called for the immediate investigation of top past and present military commanders for possible war crimes and… Read more »
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Nigeria: Stars On Their Shoulders, Blood On Their Hands
AI London, 3 June 2015
In his inaugural address last Friday, Nigeria's newly elected president, Mohammadu Buhari, promised to "overhaul the rules of engagement to avoid human rights violations." While… Read more »
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Nigeria: Amnesty Report Aims to Blackmail Nigerian Military - Olukolade
Leadership, 3 June 2015
The Defence Headquarters on Wednesday in Abuja said the report by Amnesty International that accused some senior Nigerian military officers, serving and retired, of war crimes, was… Read more »
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Nigeria: Boko Haram Tops Buhari's Discussion With Security Chiefs
Independent (Lagos), 3 June 2015
THE strategy with which to deal with the rampaging Boko Haram insurgents in the North East geopolitical zone of Nigeria dominated the Tuesday June 2, 2015 meeting between President… Read more »
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Nigeria: Rights Groups Wants Generals Probed for War Crimes
Independent (Lagos), 3 June 2015
The Human Rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has called for the investigation of some top senior Nigerian military officers for alleged war crimes. Read more »
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3 June 2015
Stars on Their Shoulders, Blood on Their Hands... Nigerian Military War Crimes
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- Amnesty International
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- Amnesty International
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The Nigerian military, including senior military commanders, must be investigated for participating in, sanctioning or failing to prevent the deaths ... see more »
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3 June 2015
War Crimes Committed by the Nigerian Military
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- Amnesty International
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In the course of security operations against Boko Haram in north-east Nigeria, Nigerian military forces have extrajudicially executed more than 1,200 ... see more »
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The defence headquarters has dismissed a British Newspaper report that the military committed war crimes by terrorising some of its citizens in the war against insurgency. Read more »
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Amnesty International has implicated the military and Boko Haram of war crimes, including extrajudicial executions, and other serious human rights violations in the north-east of ... Read more »
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Torture is routinely used by Nigeria's police and soldiers, says Amnesty International in a new report that documents horrifying acts of brutality which largely go unpunished. Read more »
