US EditionNigeria: Govt Begins Phase 7 Mass Trials of Terrorists, 44 jailed
NIGER STATE, NIGERIA, JUL 13 – The convictions bring Nigeria's total terrorism-related cases to 785, reflecting intensified efforts to dismantle funding networks and uphold justice in violent extremism cases.
- The Nigerian Federal Government initiated the seventh phase of the large-scale trial process for terrorism suspects in Niger State on Wednesday.
- These trials follow earlier phases starting in October 2017, held more than eight years after Boko Haram insurgency began in 2009.
- During a five-month phase, authorities convicted 200 jihadist fighters, sentencing them from death and life imprisonment to 20-70 years for crimes including attacks on civilians and destruction of religious sites.
- Nigeria has secured 785 terrorism-related convictions and recent trial advancements have helped address concerns from the Financial Action Task Force regarding money laundering and terrorism financing.
- While the government emphasizes lawful justice and respect for human rights, human rights groups accuse the military of arbitrary arrests and prolonged detention of civilians without legal access, raising ongoing concerns.
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Nigeria sentences 44 people to hard labour for financing Boko Haram militants
Forty-four people in Nigeria have been sentenced to up to 30 years in prison for financing the jihadist militant group Boko Haram. The trials of 10 other people have been postponed, the country’s counter-terrorism agency said on Saturday.
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rd.nlIn Nigeria, 44 members of the jihadist group Boko Haram have been convicted of financing terrorist activities, a spokesperson for a counterterrorism agency announced.
Nigeria jails 44 Boko Haram militants for financing terrorism in the country
Nigeria resumed trials of the suspects seven years after it suspended prosecution of over 1,000 people suspected of ties with the jihadist group that has been waging an insurgency since 2009 to establish a caliphate
Trials resumed in Nigeria this week, after being suspended for seven years, against 1,000 people allegedly linked to the jihadist organization.
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Gulf NewsNigeria says jailed 44 for terrorism financing
Nigeria on Saturday slapped 44 Boko Haram jihadists with jail terms of up to 30 years for funding terrorist activities, a spokesman for a counterterrorism agency said. The convicted were among 54 suspects arraigned in four specially-constituted civilian courts set up at a military base in the town of Kainji in central Niger state, Abu Michael, a spokesman for Nigeria’s counterterrorism center said in a statement.
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