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Nigeria is a Pressure Cooker of Injustice - UN Envoy

The United Nations Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial and Arbitrary Executions, Agnes Callamard, has expressed concern over the high rate of extra-judicial killings in Nigeria. After a two-week visit to the country, Callamard says the situation gives rise to extreme concern. "The warning signs are flashing bright red: increased numbers of attacks and killings over the last five years, with a few notable exceptions; increased criminality and spreading insecurity; widespread failure by the federal authorities to investigate and hold perpetrators to account, even for mass killing."

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The United Nations' special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard talks to Al Jazeera after a press conference at the end of a two-week visit to Nigeria.

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