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Africa Subsaharan

Nigerian military unlawfully detains ‘children‘ at rehabilitation center

2020-05-28

[Jpost] The Nigerian military is unlawfully detaining boys and men at a rehabilitation center for alleged members of the Islamist hard boy group Boko Haram

... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
, ~~Amnesia~~ Amnesty International said in a report released on Wednesday.

In the latest allegations of rights abuses since Boko Haram began its insurgency in Nigeria's northeast, Amnesty criticized Operation Safe Corridor,

...a residential deprogramming program that finishes its hundreds of former Boko Haramniks with vocational training. Among the skills acquired by the ex-combatants include tailoring, carpentry and shoemaking....

a program that receives financial and technical support from the European Union

...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
, Britannia, the United States and the UN International Organization for Migration.

Nigeria's military did not immediately respond to requests for comment. It has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing in response to such accusations during a decade of conflict.

"For almost everyone held (at Safe Corridor) to date, it amounts to unlawful detention," Amnesty said of the program which is based in Gombe state and aims at reintegrating former Lions of Islam into their communities.

"Many people there are not former fighters who committed crimes, much less were charged or convicted of any crime," it said in a report that also listed alleged rights abuses by Boko Haram and criticized conditions at other military detention centers.

Amnesty said Safe Corridor "includes positive elements," including adult education and psychosocial counseling described favorably by people formerly held there.

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