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HRW: Children Imprisoned in Nigeria on Terror Charges Face Brutal Conditions

Chika Oduah

   ENUGU, NIGERIA - The Nigerian military has detained thousands of
   children in harsh and degrading conditions for suspected involvement
   with the armed Islamist group Boko Haram, [1]Human Rights Watch said in
   a report released Tuesday.

   The report documents how Nigerian authorities are detaining children as
   young as five years old,usually with little or no evidence linking them
   to Boko Haram terrorists.

   In June 2019, Human Rights Watch interviewed 32 formerly-detained
   children and youth in Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria's Borno State
   and the city where Boko Haram got started in 2001.

References

   1. https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/09/10/nigeria-military-holding-children-boko-haram-suspects

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