Sen Hildegarde Naughton has accused the Nigerian Government and the International Community of turning a blind eye to the kindnapping and sale into servitude or marriage of 276 Nigerian children. “The kidnap and sale into servitude or marriage of 276 Nigerian children is not new, she says. One year ago the leader of Boko Haram announced to the world a new policy in the attempt at forced radical Islamism in Nigera. He said his group would begin kidnapping children and selling them. Human Rights Watch estimates that they have already kidnapped 25 children this year, additional to the recent 276. Added to this slavery is the message from Boko Haram that girls should not be receiving an education but should, while minors, be married off. Indeed, one translation of this group’s name is Western Education is Sinful. Nobody paid any attention until now. She went on to describe the group as Terrorists, pure and simple. She concluded: We need to wake up to the threat they pose to the international community and to women in particular.
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 09:51:20 +0000
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