Tuesday, August 12, 2014

President Obama: Hold Nigerian Authorities Accountable for War Crimes and Other Abuses No Deadline - Prefer ASAP


President Obama: Hold Nigerian Authorities Accountable for War Crimes and Other Abuses No Deadline - Prefer ASAP
Communities that have been terrorized for several years by Boko Haram are facing another threat at the hands of the very military whose duty it is to protect them. Amnesty International has gathered footage which depicts war crimes by Nigeria's military, a state-sponsored militia called the Civilian Joint Task Force and Boko Haram. The gruesome footage documents extrajudicial executions, mass arbitrary arrests and torture - including the mass execution of 16 young men whose throats were slit one by one before being dumped into a mass grave. Click here to urge President Obama to hold Nigerian authorities accountable for war crimes and other abuses.