On 10 December 2020, Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, The Honorable Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, issued a statement in which she explains that she has called for a complete investigation into the situation of crimes against humanity in Nigeria. Mrs. Bensouda, whose nine-year term as prosecutor will soon come to an end on 15 June …
Every year, the United States Department of State’s Office of International Religious Freedom releases an annual report on the most egregious religious freedom violations in every country around the world. This has been one of the Office’s main yearly projects pursuant to the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, in addition to their designations of …
For the First Time, Nigeria is Designated as a Country of Particular Concern Read More »
October 1, 2020United States Secretary of State Mike PompeoUnited States Department of State2201 C St., NWWashington, DC 20520 cc:1. Ambassador Sam Brownback2. Assistant Secretary Bob Destro3. Ms. Sarah Makin, International Religious Freedom Advisor, NSC Letter calling on the State Department to Designate Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern Dear Secretary Pompeo, We are grateful …
Read the full rejoinder here Summary of the claims that the Nigerian government made and the rejoinder response: 1) Information in the report is political and the Nigerian government continues to uphold the constitutional fundamental freedoms. Disingenuous – This report was not written to generate a political discussion or ‘criticize’ the Nigerian government’s response but …
As violence and attacks in the Northeast of Nigeria and the Middle Belt on rural communities continues, Jubilee Campaign et. al released two rejoinders to respond to Nigeria’s critique of the two independent international reports that addressed the violence. The rejoinders are to Nigeria’s response the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, …
I also said to him, “If it pleases the king, may letters be given to me for the governors west of the Euphrates, so that they will grant me safe passage until I reach Judah. And may I have a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king’s forest, so that he will give me timber …
Buhari’s presidential aide, Garba Shehu, states “when uncritical attention is afforded to critics with dubious intentions, it only becomes harder for both the government and people of Nigeria to engage in constructive dialogue to resolve our differences, and uphold what is enshrined in our Constitution and laws: that everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.”
Throughout one week in mid-May 2020, numerous Adara communities of southern Kaduna State, Nigeria, were relentlessly attacked by suspected Fulani militants, leading to the gruesome and untimely deaths of at least 23 Nigerian Christians and injuries of tens of others who sustained brutal injuries from guns and machetes. Gonan Rogo village was the first to …
On June 24, 2020, the United States Department of State released its 2019 Country reports on Terrorism, in which they focus on terrorist groups and activity in each country, noting specific terrorist events throughout the past year that were particularly devastating or newsworthy. In its report on Nigeria, the State Department focuses on the activity …
State Department Releases New Country Reports on Terrorism: Nigeria Read More »
June has been a dangerous month for many Nigerian citizens in the northeast of the nation, although it can be argued that no month goes by without terrorist attacks that leave dozens dead and many more severely injured.
