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April 27, 2016 Commentary

When schools and students become spoils of war

Lack of education is a lack of light, it's darkness.

A lecture theatre at the Federal College of Education, Kano, Kano state, destroyed when Boko Haram insurgents lobbed grenades and shot students taking classes on September 17, 2014. At least 27 students and two lecturers were killed in the attack.
April 11, 2016 News Release

Nigeria: Northeast Children Robbed of Education

Boko Haram’s Devastating Toll on Students, Teachers, Schools

Children look through a destroyed classroom window at Yerwa Primary School, Maiduguri, Borno state, damaged by Boko Haram during attacks in 2010 and 2013. The school, established in 1915, was the first primary school in northeast Nigeria. © 2015 Bede Shep
March 29, 2016 News Release

Nigeria: A Year On, No Word on 300 Abducted Children

Government Response to Damasak Attacks Woefully Inadequate

A wall painted by Boko Haram is pictured in Damasak, Nigeria on March 24, 2015.
February 4, 2016 Dispatches

Dispatches: Protect Lives, Not Just Territory, Against Attacks

Fire-burns scars and building destruction in Dalori, Nigeria, February 2, 2016.
December 22, 2015 News Release

Nigeria: Army Attack on Shia Unjustified

Independent, Impartial Probes Essential

Members of Islamic Movement of Nigeria, a Shia group, demand the release of the group’s leader, Sheik Ibrahim Zakzaky, who was arrested on December 14, 2015.
December 3, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Attempts to Muzzle Nigeria’s Social Media

A man looks at smartphones on display at a shop at Wuse II business district in Abuja, Nigeria, December 9, 2014.
November 24, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatches: Ensure Basic Rights for Boko Haram’s Victims

Chiroma Maina holds a picture of her abducted daughter Comfort Amos, next to her husband Jonah and her daughter Helen, at their home in Maiduguri, Nigeria on May 21, 2014.
July 29, 2015 Commentary

A Long Way Home: Life for the Women Rescued from Boko Haram

Chiroma Maina holds a picture of her abducted daughter Comfort Amos, next to her husband Jonah and her daughter Helen, at their home in Maiduguri, Nigeria on May 21, 2014.
July 23, 2015 Commentary

Homosexuality Will Never Be Eliminated. How About Eliminating Homophobia?

July 20, 2015 News Release

US/Nigeria: Obama Should Raise Rights with Buhari

New Leader’s First Visit Since Taking Office

U.S. President Barack Obama and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the G7 summit in Kruen, Germany on June 8, 2015.
July 15, 2015 Dispatches

Dispatch: Will Nigeria’s New Military Chiefs Prioritize Rights?

July 10, 2015 Commentary

Women and Girls Endure Unspeakable Horrors During War and the UN isn't Doing Enough About it

Nigerian girls in a refugee camp near Lake Chad.
July 1, 2015 Statement

UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner for Human Rights

Oral Update on Boko Haram

June 10, 2015 Commentary

Anatomy of a Boko Haram Massacre

June 4, 2015 Commentary

An Easy Target: Homophobia for Political Ends

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