{"id":81157,"date":"2015-01-11T06:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-01-11T06:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=81157"},"modified":"2015-01-10T17:41:35","modified_gmt":"2015-01-10T17:41:35","slug":"over-2000-killed-by-boko-haram-amnesty-international","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=81157","title":{"rendered":"Over 2,000 killed by Boko Haram \u2013 Amnesty International"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International has reported that Nigeria\u2019s militant group Boko Haram has killed over 2,000 civilians in Baga.<\/p>\n<p>Boko Haram militants reportedly attacked Baga and surrounding towns on Saturday 3 January.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;LTVtryVIKlaz4OIBJowh3Rl3fMP3gRBK&#8221;]According to the Amnesty International, \u201cthe attack on Baga and surrounding towns, looks as if it could be Boko Haram\u2019s deadliest act.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the militant group sprayed bullets as they stormed the town with trucks and armored vehicles and razed the town to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The Amnesty International has said \u201cthis marks a disturbing and bloody escalation of Boko Haram\u2019s ongoing onslaught against the civilian population\u201d while urging Boko Haram \u201cto stop the senseless killing of civilians and called on the Nigerian government to take measures to protect its citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since 2009, Boko Haram has deliberately targeted civilians through raids and bomb attacks with attacks increasing in frequency and severity.<\/p>\n<p>The effects on the civilian population have been devastating with\u00a0thousands killed and abducted and hundreds of thousands forced to leave their homes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Nigeria-Mafa-BokoHaram.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-59815\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Nigeria-Mafa-BokoHaram.jpg\" alt=\"Nigeria-Mafa-BokoHaram\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Nigeria-Mafa-BokoHaram.jpg 720w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/Nigeria-Mafa-BokoHaram-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Evidence gathered by Amnesty International indicates that Boko Haram have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Nigerian government must investigate these violent abuses and ensure that those guilty of committing them are brought to justice.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the fear of Boko Haram as the country prepares for election, <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/08\/nigerians-fleeing-to-ghana-over-impending-elections-boko-haram\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">has compelled more Nigerians to migrate to Ghan<\/span>a<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amnesty International has reported that Nigeria\u2019s militant group Boko Haram has killed over 2,000 civilians in Baga. Boko Haram militants reportedly attacked Baga and surrounding towns on Saturday 3 January. [contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;LTVtryVIKlaz4OIBJowh3Rl3fMP3gRBK&#8221;]According to the Amnesty International, \u201cthe attack on Baga and surrounding towns, looks as if it could be Boko Haram\u2019s deadliest act.\u201d Reports indicate [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":70255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[38,14],"class_list":["post-81157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-palaver-newspaper","tag-papa-owusu-ankomah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=81157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}