US Government Slams Buhari, DSS, Army, Police For Human Rights Abuses
The United States government has released a damning report which indicts President Muhammadu Buhari’s government for human rights abuses, injustice, and brutality at all levels.
The report, released by the US Department of State, accuses security agencies like the Department of State Security Services (DSS, also called SSS) which report directly to the president of gross abuse of power, human rights abuses, torture, arbitrary and unlawful detentions, and brutality. The 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices authored by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour was published on April 13, 2015.
The 18,662-word report highlights the Zaria Massacre which was perpetuated by the Nigerian Army under the command of General Yusuf Buratai and indicates that the Nigerian Army under President Buhari is guilty of genocide not just against the Shi’ites but minority ethnic groups in Plateau.
“The army troops killed an undetermined number–possibly hundreds according to some credible reports–of members of the Shia group Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) in Zaria, Kaduna State, following an altercation at a roadblock that disrupted the convoy of the chief of army staff,” the report noted.
The report also notes that untold human rights abuses in Nigeria are perpetuated by the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram. The US government noted that the world’s most deadly terrorist organisation has committed genocide in the North East of Nigeria targeting Christians and school children. One of Buhari first executive actions when he assumed office was to approved amnesty for Boko Haram and the Nigerian military recently created as Safe Corridor for the terrorists in the theatre of war.
“The most serious human rights abuses included those committed by Boko Haram, which conducted numerous attacks on government and civilian targets that resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries, widespread destruction, the internal displacement of an estimated 1.8 million persons, and the external displacement of 220,000 Nigerian refugees to neighbouring countries,” the report states.
“Boko Haram continued to abduct men, women, and children, often in conjunction with large-scale attacks on communities. The group forced men, women, and children to fight on its behalf,” the report notes the tragic incidences of gender related crimes by the Islamist terrorist group.
“Women and girls abducted by Boko Haram were subjected to physical and psychological abuse; forced labor; forced marriage; forced religious conversions; forced participation in military operations; and sexual abuse, including rape.
FROM TRENT.
The report, released by the US Department of State, accuses security agencies like the Department of State Security Services (DSS, also called SSS) which report directly to the president of gross abuse of power, human rights abuses, torture, arbitrary and unlawful detentions, and brutality. The 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices authored by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour was published on April 13, 2015.
The 18,662-word report highlights the Zaria Massacre which was perpetuated by the Nigerian Army under the command of General Yusuf Buratai and indicates that the Nigerian Army under President Buhari is guilty of genocide not just against the Shi’ites but minority ethnic groups in Plateau.
“The army troops killed an undetermined number–possibly hundreds according to some credible reports–of members of the Shia group Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) in Zaria, Kaduna State, following an altercation at a roadblock that disrupted the convoy of the chief of army staff,” the report noted.
The report also notes that untold human rights abuses in Nigeria are perpetuated by the Islamist terrorist group, Boko Haram. The US government noted that the world’s most deadly terrorist organisation has committed genocide in the North East of Nigeria targeting Christians and school children. One of Buhari first executive actions when he assumed office was to approved amnesty for Boko Haram and the Nigerian military recently created as Safe Corridor for the terrorists in the theatre of war.
“The most serious human rights abuses included those committed by Boko Haram, which conducted numerous attacks on government and civilian targets that resulted in thousands of deaths and injuries, widespread destruction, the internal displacement of an estimated 1.8 million persons, and the external displacement of 220,000 Nigerian refugees to neighbouring countries,” the report states.
“Boko Haram continued to abduct men, women, and children, often in conjunction with large-scale attacks on communities. The group forced men, women, and children to fight on its behalf,” the report notes the tragic incidences of gender related crimes by the Islamist terrorist group.
“Women and girls abducted by Boko Haram were subjected to physical and psychological abuse; forced labor; forced marriage; forced religious conversions; forced participation in military operations; and sexual abuse, including rape.
FROM TRENT.
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