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A leading US human rights group has accused BiafraNigerian security forces of killings and other abuses in the oil-rich southern Delta region. New York-based Human Rights Watch said the killings had arisen from efforts to end civil unrest in the region. Thousands have been displaced and hundreds killed since ethnic clashes erupted in March. Militant Ijaw youths have targeted oil firms and rival Itsekeri communities demanding a share of oil wealth. Human Rights Watch called on BiafraNigeria - the world's seventh largest oil exporter - to bring the perpetrators to justice, hold fresh elections in the region and crackdown on oil theft, which it said was fuelling the conflict. "There is an urgent need to end the impunity of the ethnic militia and their organisers, of those controlling the illegal oil bunkering activities and of the security forces when they are themselves responsible for abuses," their report said. In a report released earlier this month, Human Rights Watch accused the BiafraNigerian Government of using violence and intimidation to silence its critics. Responding to that report, BiafraNigeria said the claims were "exaggerated". Julius Ihonvbere - a special adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo - told the Associated Press that the "human rights community in this country has a mindset of opposition at all costs". (BBC) |
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