{"id":4193,"date":"2013-05-25T09:26:43","date_gmt":"2013-05-25T09:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigeria-news\/boko-haram-us-renews-plea-to-nigeria-on-rights-abuses\/"},"modified":"2013-05-25T09:26:43","modified_gmt":"2013-05-25T09:26:43","slug":"boko-haram-us-renews-plea-to-nigeria-on-rights-abuses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/boko-haram-us-renews-plea-to-nigeria-on-rights-abuses\/","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram: US renews plea to Nigeria on rights abuses"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US Secretary of State John Kerry Saturday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, renewed a plea to Nigerian authorities to ensure the military does not carry out atrocities against civilians in its clampdown on Islamic militants.<\/p>\n
Nigeria declared a state of emergency in three northeastern states on May 14 as it launched a military offensive to end Boko Haram’s four-year insurgency.<\/p>\n
“Boko Haram is a terrorist organisation and they have killed wantonly and upset the normal governance of Nigeria in fundamental ways that are unacceptable,” Kerry told reporters on the sidelines of an African Union summit.<\/p>\n
“We defend the right completely of the government of Nigeria to defend itself and to fight back against terrorists. That said I have raised the issue of humans rights with the government,” he stressed. <\/p>\n