Earlier today a statement was released by a Human Rights Watch representative, Mausi Segun on situation in Nigeria that involves over 200 girls kidnapped by Boko Haram. HRW: "Girls’ abductions a last straw for Nigerians"
The statement explains the situation reminding the readers about all the previous attacks and underlining the scale of the last one.
"The question for many Nigerians is where the security forces were when the gunmen sacked the town and then the school over a four-hour period." as it is said in the statement.
Moreover, it raises a very important question of why were the insurgents able to take the girls to Sambisa forests without any militants stopping them, when the journey took them 48 hours as their trucks kept on breaking down.
The protesters in Nigeria and worldwide came out on the streets because they “have had enough of the government’s inability to combat the murderous scourge of Boko Haram.”
It states that the government of Nigeria requires a strategy to protect its citizens that will protect and respect the rights of everyone including the protesters. “ And it needs to address — finally — the systemic issues of corruption, poverty and impunity that have fueled this kind of violence against schoolgirls.”
The statement begins with explaining the situation that over 276 girls were abducted by Islamic militants from the premises of their secondary school. Families and parents of those girls are suffering and waiting for the government to take action and to free the girls. Public became really scared and furious at the same time when they heard the rumours that the girls will be sold into marriage and the frustration reached its peak when the leader of Boko Haram released a video taking full responsibility for those girls and confirming the rumours.
Social media users came up with a hashtag #BringBackOurGirls that has now spread worldwide as more and more people learn about this horrible situation.
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