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Incident on 24 March 2008 [+] Print this page

Location: Okrika, Rivers [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Violation types: Violations of the right to life [+]

Location

This incident took place in Okrika, Rivers, Nigeria [+]

Description

According to the United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor: "On March 24, the JTF reportedly killed four men near Isaka in the Okrika Local Government Area, Rivers State, when they confronted them and other armed men attempting to hijack a barge. There was no investigation conducted." [+]

Perpetrator units

Name Other Names Classification
Joint Task Force Operation Restore Hope [+] JTF
Joint Military Task Force
Joint Military Task Force (JTF)
Joint Military Task Force on the Niger Delta
Joint Military Task known as Operation Restore Hope
Joint Security Task Force
Joint Task Force
Joint Task Force "Operation Restore Hope"
Joint Task Force for the Niger Delta
Joint Task Force on Niger Delta codenamed Operation Restore Hope
Operation Restore Hope
Operation Restore Hope in the Niger Delta
Task Force 		Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Police [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
United States Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012: Nigeria. 28 September 2018