Who’s next in this orgy of abduction and torture?

With due respect to Pastor Martin Niemoller (1892-1984) about the cowardice of German intellectuals in the aftermath of the rise of the Nazis to power and the ease with which they took away their chosen targets, group after group

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

BBC

'New mass abduction' in Nigeria

Reports emerge of a new mass abduction in north-eastern Nigeria, suspected to have been carried out by Islamist militants Boko Haram.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

09 Jan

UN condemns abduction of albino girl

>The United Nations has raised the red flag over the wave of attacks on people living with albinism following the abduction of a four-year-old girl here on December 27.

 

11 years ago

BBC

'Mass abduction' at Nigeria school

Scores of girls are abducted in an attack on a girls' school in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, parents say.

 

11 years ago

BBC

Torture case against UK rejected

A tortured Libyan man's bid to sue the British government for allegedly colluding in his rendition cannot be settled in a UK court, the High Court rules.

 

10 years ago

BBC

Nigeria has 'torture officers'

Torture has become such an integral part of policing in Nigeria that many stations have an informal torture officer, Amnesty International says.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

07 Jan

15 suspects arrested over abduction of albino-girl

>Police in Mwanza have arrested 15 people in connection with the abduction of a 4-year-old girl with albinism (name withheld) last month. The development comes as regional commissioner Magesa Mulugo vowed to explore all possible means to make sure that the girl is found and rescued.

 

10 years ago

IPPmedia

22 Feb

Servicemen's leader abduction: The nerving habits we can do without

Servicemen's leader abduction: The nerving habits we can do without
IPPmedia
Disqueting reports reaching various media in the city of Dar es Salaam have lately revealed a scaring episode involving the leader of former servicemen who passed through National Service and have been pressing the government for jobs. The reports say ...

 

10 years ago

Capital FM Kenya (Press Release) (Subscription) (Blog)

09 Jan

UN demands investigation into albino girl abduction

Capital FM Kenya (press release) (subscription) (blog)
UN demands investigation into albino girl abduction
Capital FM Kenya (press release) (subscription) (blog)
Tanzania, Jan 9 – Tanzania must find an albino girl kidnapped last month, the country's top UN official said Friday, expressing “outrage” at a series of attacks on albinos, whose body parts are sold for witchcraft. Kidnappers armed with machetes seized ...

 

11 years ago

BBC

AUDIO: Film confronts marriage by abduction

The makers of Ethiopian film Difret, which is having its European premiere, tell the BBC about their film and the true story of a 14-year-old girl who faced marriage by abduction.

 

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