Terrorism, Insecurity and Human Rights in Nigeria




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Summary: Eric Guttschuss, Researcher on Nigeria, Human Rights Watch Lucy Freeman, Deputy Programme Director for Africa, Amnesty International Chair: Titilola Banjoko, Nigeria Leadership Initiative Eric Guttschuss, author of the Human Rights Watch report Spiralling Violence: Boko Haram Attacks and Security Force Abuses in Nigeria, and Lucy Freeman, author of the Amnesty International report Nigeria: Trapped in the Cycle of Violence, discusses crimes committed by Boko Haram and similar extremist organizations and the role of Nigeria’s security forces in an escalating cycle of violence and human rights abuses. Recorded at Chatham House on 26 November 2012. More: chathamhouse.org/events/view/186975