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Incident on 25 April 2012 [+] Print this page

Location: Kawar Maila, Maiduguri [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Violation types: House Burning [+] Violation of the Right to Adequate Housing [+]

Location

This incident took place in Kawar Maila, Maiduguri, Nigeria [+]

Description

According to Amnesty International: "On 25 April 2012, following a killing by a suspected member of Boko Haram in Kawar Maila, residents interviewed by Amnesty International allege that JTF soldiers set four houses on fire and threatened to burn more houses if anything happened again." [+]

Perpetrator units

Name Other Names Classification
Joint Task Force Operation Restore Order I [+] JTF
JTF ORO
JTF Operation Restore Order
JTF in Borno State
JTF in Maiduguri, Borno State
JTORO
Joint Special Task Force in Maiduguri
Joint TASK Force MAIDUGURI
Joint Task Force (JTF) tagged "Operation Restore Peace"
Joint Task Force in Borno
Joint Task Force in Borno State
Joint Task Force in Maiduguri, Borno State
Joint Task Force, Operation Restore Order
ORO I
operation restore peace 		Air Force [+]
Army [+]
Joint Task Force [+]
Military [+]
Navy [+]
Police [+]
State Security Service (Internal Security) [+]

Sources

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
01 November 2012 Amnesty International Trapped in the Cycle of Violence. AFR 44/043/2012. 27 September 2018