Nigeria: Threats From Military Won't Deter Us, Says Amnesty International

8 June 2018

Amnesty International has alleged that the Nigerian military is increasingly resorting to threats, intimidation and smears to discredit its work documenting the human rights violations it has committed, and vowed that it would not stay silent in the face of human rights abuses in Nigeria.

The rights group recently released a report, which documented the prevalence of sexual violence against starving women and girls detained in satellite camps under the control of Nigerian soldiers and militia.

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