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Nigeria: Abuses in Islamic Schools Spark Regulation Demands
VOA, 23 October 2019
Nearly 1,000 people have been freed in the past month from Islamic schools in northern Nigeria where they reportedly experienced abuse. Read more »
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Nigeria: Nigerians in Shock, As Police Free Hundreds From Koranic School 'Horror'
RFI, 21 October 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered a crackdown on illegally-operated Islamic schools in northern Nigeria after hundreds of boys were rescued from so-called reformatory centres,… Read more »
Nigerian Police Free Scores From Koranic School of 'Horror'
Students had come to study the Koran at a school in northern Nigeria but were instead subjected to abuse. The detainees spoke of being tortured, chained up and some said they were sexually abused. Four facilities have been shut down in less than a month and around a 1,000 captives freed.
Nigeria Koranic school closes amid crackdown. The detainees spoke of being tortured, chained up and some said they were sexually abused.
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A 78-year-old Muslim cleric has been arrested in northern Nigeria over the alleged torture and abuse of students who attended his Islamic boarding school. This follows in the wake ... Read more »
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The government is under pressure to regulate the activities of Islamic schools, following the raid and rescue of over 300 boys and men from a building that claimed to be an Islam Read more »
