Gunmen kidnap boys from school in Nigeria, shooting one student dead during raid. Banditry linked to Jihadists led to 1,126 people being killed during a six month period. Question for President Buhari: Why aren’t the perpetrators of these atrocities brought to justice?

Gunmen kidnap boys from school in Nigeria, shooting one student dead during raid. Banditry linked to Jihadists led to 1,126 people being killed during a six month period. Question for President Buhari: Why aren’t the perpetrators of these atrocities brought to justice?

The Mail: “Footage shared online purportedly shows the kidnappers brandishing AK-47s and a rocket launcher in front of the children who can be heard wailing as the men yell 'Allahu akbar' and fire shots into the air.” Students at the school packing their bags CNN...

Parliament Hears Reports of 2,200 Nigerian Christians hacked to death in 2020 and 34,400 since 2009. U.K. Minister says Nigerian Government should “protect those at risk of violence” and “bring perpetrators to justice”

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL11716): Lord Alton of Liverpool Question:To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report...

UK needs to respond to reports that 2,200 Christians were hacked to death in Nigeria during 2020, to reports from Genocide Watch that in two months alone over 350 Christians were killed and their data that “over 11,500 Christians have been murdered since June 2015” and to the findings of the Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights.

UK needs to respond to reports that 2,200 Christians were hacked to death in Nigeria during 2020, to reports from Genocide Watch that in two months alone over 350 Christians were killed and their data that “over 11,500 Christians have been murdered since June 2015” and to the findings of the Tom Lantos Commission on Human Rights.

The UK Government needs to say what assessment it has made of reports that 2,200 Christians were hacked to death in Nigeria during 2020, of a report from Genocide Watch that in two months alone over 350 Christians were killed and their data that “over 11,500...

Government responds to questions about what steps they have taken to establish the fate of the students kidnapped by Boko Haram in Katsina on 11 December; what assistance they are giving to the government of Nigeria in securing the release of those students; what assessment they have made of (1) the statement by Abubakar Shekau claiming responsibility for the kidnappings, and (2) the impact of jihadist ideology on violence in northern Nigeria.

Government responds to questions about what steps they have taken to establish the fate of the students kidnapped by Boko Haram in Katsina on 11 December; what assistance they are giving to the government of Nigeria in securing the release of those students; what assessment they have made of (1) the statement by Abubakar Shekau claiming responsibility for the kidnappings, and (2) the impact of jihadist ideology on violence in northern Nigeria.

Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL11516): Question by Lord Alton of Livwerpool:To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to establish...

UK Government declines to say whether it will follow the United States in declaring Nigeria a “country of particular concern for religious freedom”; and details of Jubilee Campaign Executive Director Ann Buwalda Testimony to House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on Nigeria

UK Government declines to say whether it will follow the United States in declaring Nigeria a “country of particular concern for religious freedom”; and details of Jubilee Campaign Executive Director Ann Buwalda Testimony to House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on Nigeria

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Nigeria  Lord Alton of Liverpool - To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the re-designation of Nigeria as a Country of Particular Concern by the government of the United States; and whether they intend to take similar steps. [HL11262]...

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