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Amnesty: Nigeria military forces committing crimes against humanity
Around 8,000 Nigerian civilians have been killed since 2011 as a result of abuses by military forces, Amnesty International (AI) reported Wednesday. The report attributes civilian deaths to torture, starvation, suffocation and executions by milita (More) |
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Spain judge opens probe into Boko Haram militant group
A judge for Spain's National Court on Thursday opened a probe into Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram for terrorism and crimes against humanity over a 2013 attack on a Nigerian town in which a Spanish nun was assaulted. Spain's universal jur (More) |
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UN Women introduces policy agenda for gender equality
UN Women on Monday released Progress of the World's Women 2015-2016: Transforming Economies, Realizing Rights , the gender-equality organization's flagship report on the status of women around the world. The report "proposes a comprehensive agenda (More) |
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Amnesty: Boko Haram has abducted at least 2,000 women since 2014
Boko Haram has abducted at least 2,000 women and girls in Nigeria since the start of 2014, Amnesty International (AI) said Monday in a new report detailing the extreme violence and crimes against humanity committed by the group. The 90-page report (More) |
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UN report criticizes sexual violence perpetrated by extremists in 2014
A UN report released on Monday stated 2014 was marked by rape, sexual enslavement and forced marriages used by extremists like Boko Haram and the Islamic State. Secretary-General Ban-Ki Moon said in the report that destroying these radical groups (More) |
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UN rights chief: Boko Haram killing captive women
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Raad al-Hussein reported Wednesday that retreating Boko Haram [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] militants in Nigeria have been murdering woman and girls previously taken captive by the group. Before (More) |
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Nigeria holds presidential elections amid violence
Nigeria held its presidential and gubernatorial elections Saturday in spite of violent attacks against voters by Boko Haram . The elections, originally scheduled for February 14, were postponed [Washington Times report] as Nigeria attempted to eradi (More) |
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HRW: Boko Haram has killed more than 1,000 civilians in 2015
More than 1,000 civilians have been killed so far in 2015 at the hands of the Islamist armed group Boko Haram, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Thursday. According to HRW, "Boko Haram fighters have deliberately attacked villages and committed mass ki (More) |
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UN calls for immediate action to end use of child soldiers
The UN Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict (OSRSG-CAAC) and the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday issued a joint press release detailing the adverse effects increasingly brutal and int (More) |
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UN report: girls facing violence for seeking education
Girls have been attacked in at least 70 countries for seeking education, according to a new UN report [text, PDF; press release] released Monday. The report states, "he educational rights of girls and women are often targeted due to the fact that th (More) |
Women lawyers allowed to practice before US Supreme Court
On February 15, 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed legislation allowing women to be admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court. Belva Lockwood became the first woman admitted to practice under the new law on March 3, 1879.
Learn more about Belva Lockwood.
