Nigeria's vice president should order an immediate criminal investigation into credible reports of a massacre of at least 150 Muslim residents of a town in central Nigeria.

Nigeria should ensure that its security forces use restraint and comply with international standards on the use of force in responding to the latest deadly outbreak of inter-communal violence in the city of Jos.

The Nigerian government has not brought a single prosecution or even begun investigations a year after Nigerian policemen and soldiers killed more than 130 civilians in responding to deadly sectarian clashes in the central Nigerian city of Jos. The government should investigate and prosecute members of the security forces implicated in these and a series of subsequent abuses.

The Commonwealth has developed a 21st-century role – as a haven for serial human rights abusers.

A network of African civil society and international organizations today called upon African Union states to use the AU’s upcoming session about the International Criminal Court to promote the court’s ability to prosecute the world’s worst crimes fairly and effectively.

Human Rights Watch's Nigeria Researcher Eric Guttschuss delivers a statement to the US Congressional International Religious Freedom Caucus during its hearing, "Prospects for Justice in Northern and Central Nigeria: Government Responses to Religious Extremism and Root Causes."

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should emphasize human rights on her seven-nation trip to Africa.

Human Rights Watch writes to Secretary of State Clinton in advance of her seven-nation tour of Africa to urge her to emphasize good governance, respect for human rights, and the rule of law.