Nigeria: UN Group Writes Govt, Warns Against Violation of Women, Girls' Rights in Nigeria
UN experts say impunity and weak protection have enabled mass killings, kidnappings and sexual violence against Christian and minority women and girls.
- On Monday, United Nations Human Rights Council experts condemned Nigerian authorities for failing to protect Christian and minority women from systemic violence, including kidnappings, forced conversions, and sexual exploitation.
- Deteriorating security in northern Nigeria and the Middle Belt has enabled extremist groups including Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province to operate with impunity amid institutional failures.
- Documented abuses include the abduction of girls in Borno State, forced marriage of a 13-year-old in Bauchi State, and a 16-year-old Christian girl whose hand was reportedly severed by militants.
- Experts demanded urgent government intervention to secure the release of abducted victims and prosecute perpetrators, warning that "Impunity for these crimes only fuels further violence."
- Local interpretations of Sharia law and blasphemy codes in 12 northern states restrict access to justice, compounding the environment of religious persecution against minorities.
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catholicworldreport.comUN Experts Warn of ‘Deeply Troubling’ Rights Violations Against Christian Women and Girls in Nigeria
“Victims and survivors must not be left without protection, justice, reparations, including rehabilitation and meaningful support,” the experts wrote.
Nigeria: UN Group Writes Govt, Warns Against Violation of Women, Girls' Rights in Nigeria
A group of United Nations (UN) human rights experts has expressed concern over what it described as credible reports of killings, abductions, sexual violence, forced conversions, forced marriages and acts amounting to enforced disappearances targeting Christian and other religious minority communities in Nigeria, particularly women and girls.
Nigeria authorities criticized for inadequate response to violence against young women and girls
UN rights experts on Monday condemned Nigerian authorities in response to ongoing reports that mass killings, kidnappings, forced conversion, sexual violence, and enforced disappearances are disproportionately targeting women and girls in Christian and minority religious communities. In commenting on the sheer gravity of the crimes, the experts stated: The deteriorating security situation in northern Nigeria and the Middle Belt has created an en…
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UN raises alarm over violence against Christians, minorities in Nigeria
The United Nations Human Rights Office has expressed concern over reports of killings, abductions, sexual violence and forced religious conversions affecting Christians and other religious minority groups in parts of northern Nigeria and the Middle Belt. A statement released on Monday by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said worsening insecurity has allowed armed groups to operate with devastating conse…
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