NIGERIA

The “Miss World Riots”:
Continued Impunity for Killings in Kaduna

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. SUMMARY
   
   
2. BACKGROUND
The 2000 crisis and its consequences


3. THE NOVEMBER 2002 RIOTS
Events leading up to the riots: the Miss World contest and ThisDay article
Three days of killing and destruction
Attacks by Muslims
Attacks by Christians


4. EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS AND OTHER ABUSES BY THE SECURITY FORCES
Violations of international obligations
Killings in Kabala Costain and Kabala Doki
Killings by the security forces in other areas


5. THE RESPONSE OF THE GOVERNMENT
Investigations and arrests


6. CAUSES OF THE VIOLENCE AND THE POLITICIZATION OF RELIGION
   
   
7. CONFLICT RESOLUTION INITIATIVES
   
   
8. RECOMMENDATIONS
To the Nigerian federal government and Kaduna state government
To foreign governments and intergovernmental organizations


9. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

July 2003      Vol. 15, No. 13 (A)