Around 8,000 Nigerian civilians have been killed since 2011 as a result of abuses by military forces, Amnesty International [4] (AI) reported [5] June 3. The report attributes civilian deaths to torture, starvation, suffocation and executions by military forces at detention camps. AI's secretary general Salil Shetty said, "[t]he previous Nigerian administration's utterly callous 'see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil' attitude when it comes to the hundreds of stories of death coming out of the military detention centers beggars belief." AI says the military's actions at the detention camps are part of a "witch hunt" in an effort to locate members of Boko Haram. AI called for President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate any possible crimes against humanity committed at the camps and to bring justice to the victims.
From Jurist [6], June 4. Used with permission.
Note: AI last year accused the Nigerian military of war crimes [7], and has also accused Boko Haram of massacres [8].
