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Amnesty International Releases Video Of Nigerian Soldiers Killing Lawlessly by newspostng(m): 5:02pm On Aug 06, 2014
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The Amnesty international (A I), on Monday, released a video footage it claimed showed soldiers lynching men said to be members of Boko Haram. The soldiers were aided by members of the government sponsored militia commonly known as Civilian JTF and the remains of the killed men were buried into a mass grave.

The body said it got the footage, which may be evidence of war crimes committed by the Nigerian military, from several sources during a trip to Borno State.

“This shocking new evidence is further proof of the appalling crimes being committed but abandoned by all sides in the conflict. Nigerians deserve better. What does it say when members of the military carry out such unspeakable acts and capture the images on film?” said Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s Secretary General.



He further added that “These are not the images we expect from a government which sees itself as having a leadership role in Africa. The ghastly images are backed up by the numerous testimonies we have gathered which suggest that extra-judicial executions are, in fact, regularly carried out by the Nigerian military and CJTF,”

According to Amnesty Interational, one of the footages allegedly taken on March 14, 2014, showed what appeared to be soldiers and members of the civilian JTF using a blade to slit the throat of several detainees and dumping their bodies into an open mass grave.

“The video shows 16 young men and boys seated in a line. One by one, they are called forward and told to lie down in front of the pit. Five of them are killed in this way; the fate of the remaining detainees is not shown on video, but eyewitness accounts confirmed that nine of them had their throats cut while the others were shot to death’’.

“Additional footage featuring some of the same perpetrators, taken earlier that day at the same location, shows two detainees digging a grave under armed guard before the killing is carried out. One is told to lie down in front of the pit, where his legs and head are held by what seem to be CJTF members. Th.......


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Amnesty International releases video of Nigerian soldiers killing lawlessly
Re: Amnesty International Releases Video Of Nigerian Soldiers Killing Lawlessly by sleeknick: 5:21pm On Aug 06, 2014
God abeg o...can't wait for my Americam visa to get ready. Make I run then dey watch from afar.
Re: Amnesty International Releases Video Of Nigerian Soldiers Killing Lawlessly by ohiK(m): 5:34pm On Aug 06, 2014
This is barbaric! Unexpected of the army. Uniformed, certified and legally armed BH.
Re: Amnesty International Releases Video Of Nigerian Soldiers Killing Lawlessly by Nobody: 6:19pm On Aug 06, 2014
this is a big lie, it is the killing carried out by boko haram. If the army were responsible it will definitly be by gun and not slitting of throad.

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Re: Amnesty International Releases Video Of Nigerian Soldiers Killing Lawlessly by eejo(m): 6:52pm On Aug 06, 2014
Amnesty international should keep quite what about usa,ukraine,russia and isreal

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