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Incident on 9 February 2016 [+] Print this page

Location: National High School, Aba South, Abia [+]

Country: Nigeria [+]

Violation types: Beating [+] Torture and other ill-treatment [+]

Perpetrator classifications: Military [+]

Location

This incident took place in National High School, Aba South, Abia, Nigeria [+]

Description

According to Amnesty International: "During and after most incidents documented by Amnesty International in which protests were dispersed, the military and police beat scores of Biafra supporters. Video evidence confirms this pattern. For example, in Aba on 9 February ([...] a group of soldiers took five IPOB coordinators to a Hilux van and beat them with an iron rod." [+]

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Publication Date Publisher Publication Title Access Date Archive Link
24 November 2016 Amnesty International Nigeria: 'Bullets Were Flying Everywhere' - Deadly Repression of Pro-Biafra Activists 27 September 2018