Human Rights Watch
says Nigeria's new government is violating rights on many fronts in its
fight against Boko Haram's Islamic uprising and in bringing corrupt
politicians to book.
The allegations in the New York-based organization's global report
published Wednesday offers fuel to opponents who accuse President
Muhammadu Buhari of acting as he did as a former military dictator.
The report says Buhari's inauguration in May "has not diminished the potency of the country's serious human rights challenges."
Buhari has not acted on promises to investigate allegations that the
military is committing extrajudicial killings and illegally detaining
people suspected of being Boko Haram fighters or supporters.
Human Rights Watch said the worst atrocity of 2015 in Nigeria was Boko
Haram's slaughter of 2,000 civilians in Baga, a northeastern fishing
settlement.
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