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Global human rights organisation, Amnesty International, has demanded that the Nigerian government probe the recent report about the forced abortion allegedly carried out by the leadership of the Nigerian Army. The organisation’s call is sequel to a controversial Reuter’s report indicting the Nigerian army of initiating “a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the northeast”. The report stated that the forced abortions terminated not less than 10, 000 pregnancies of women and girls who were raped by terrorists.

Amnesty International Asks Nigerian Government To Probe Alleged Forced Abortions Carried Out By Military AuthoritiesThe organisation’s call is sequel to a controversial Reuter’s report indicting the Nigerian army of initiating “a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the northeast”.

The organisation’s call is sequel to a controversial Reuter’s report indicting the Nigerian army of initiating “a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme in the northeast”. But reacting to report, Amnesty International in a statement condemned the reported actions of the army and noted that “such forced abortions constitute gender-based violence that may amount to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment.”

 

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Thesame government that her failure put these girls in the delirious situation at first should probe those taking measures to avoid further complications. Was the pregnancy by choice for them why further mar the memory of the victims with unwanted children.

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