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Rights group urges Nigeria acting president to remedy abuses

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

[JURIST] Nigerian acting President Goodluck Jonathan must take action to "tackle the culture of impunity" in Nigeria, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a letter dated Friday. HRW Executive Director Kenneth Roth called on Jonathan to address rights abuses left unaddressed during the two-and-a-half-year term of the Umaru Yar'Adua presidency. Specifically, the letter highlighted "endemic corruption, inter-communal violence, abuses by state security forces, and the crisis in the Niger Delta." The let read more

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on February 12, 2010 (boomark / email).