Nigeria's military committed war crimes -Amnesty International

Human rights group, Amnesty International report says the Nigeria's military has committed war crimes and crimes against humanity including torture, rape and killing civilians during its fight against Islamist insurgency Boko Haram.

The watchdog said crimes were perpetrated for years and have continued despite a presidential inquiry established last August whose findings have not been made public.

The 89-page report is based on hundreds of interviews and is replete with accounts of sexual violence, torched villages and other abuses.

For years, rights groups, aid organizations and journalists have documented military abuses, with little resulting action from the armed forces.

In a statement, the Nigerian military described Amnesty's findings as "a false report on fictitious rape incidents in internally displaced person camps in the North East region of Nigeria. 

SOURCE: Reuters
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