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Reuters: Nigeria has killed at least sixty children in anti-Boko Haram military operations
A Reuters investigation released Monday reports that Nigeria's military has killed at least 60 children since 2009 as part of the nation's 13-year battle against Islamic extremist organisations like Boko Haram. Under "Operation No Living Things," sol (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 24 February 2018
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: A UN committee found Friday that the UK is breaching the rights of women in Northern Ireland by restricting their access to abortions. Brazil's Supreme Federal Court ruled that defendants (More) |
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Nigeria court convicts 205 Boko Haram suspects
Nigeria's Federal Ministry of Justice said Tuesday that 205 detainees suspected of involvement with the terrorist organization Boko Haram have been convicted . To date, the Nigerian government has detained approximately 804 individuals suspected (More) |
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UN chief calls for increased help in tackling human trafficking and war crimes
UN Secretary‑General António Guterres on Monday expressed grave concern about increases in human trafficking in an open UN Security Council (UNSC) debate in New York. Guterres listed Da'esh, Boko Haram, Al‑Shabaab and the Lord's Resistance Army (More) |
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Amnesty accuses Cameroon of war crimes in fighting Boko Haram
Amnesty International (AI) accused Cameroon of torturing suspected supporters of Boko Haram in a report released Thursday. According to the human rights organization, hundreds of suspects were "subjected to severe beatings, agonizing stress posit (More) |
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Amnesty criticizes investigation into Nigeria military human rights abuses
Amnesty International (AI) on Thursday called on the government of Nigeria to conduct an investigation into the actions of the military that occurred during and throughout the conflict with Boko Haram. AI issued a comprehensive report in 2015 deta (More) |
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Cameroon restores Internet to English-speaking areas after shutdown
Internet services were returned to two areas of Cameroon with English-speaking populations on Friday following a three-month shutdown, according to a state-run radio report. President Paul Biya had restricted Internet services in Northwest and South (More) |
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UN rights experts urge Cameroon to restore Internet to English-speaking population
A UN human rights expert on Fridayurged the Cameroonian government to restore Internet access to the country's English-speaking populations. In his statement, Special Rapporteur David Kaye called the delay in restoring Internet access, which has bee (More) |
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UN rights expert expresses dismay at Nigeria bombing of camp for internally displaced
The UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), Cecilia Jimenez-Damary on Thursday sharply condemned bombings in Nigeria as a means of counter insurgency against Boko Haram. The bombings struck a camp housing (More) |
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Boko Haram kidnapping victims return to Chibok 10 weeks after release
21 young women from Chibok, Nigeria returned home on Sunday after being released from Boko Haram control in October. In 2014 the Bring Back Our Girls activists began daily sit-ins at the Unity Fountain in the capital city Abuja to press their dema (More) |
Starr Report accused Clinton of impeachable offenses
On September 9, 1998, Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr filed a report to Congress accusing President Bill Clinton of 11 impeachable offenses relating to his association with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
