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Nigerian journalist Luka Binniyat made a fact-finding visit to Chibok for CSI and heard from the parents about the trauma, depression and hardship the families of the missing girls have endured.
@Kindusluka
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Benue's Catholic Bishop Angabe: “It is a #jihad — purely a religious war — a #genocide, the elimination of the Indigenous tribes who are mainly Christians."
US State Dept: #ReligiousFreedom in #Nigeria is of "No Particular Concern".
A report from CSI's partner in #Plateau state in #Nigeria, on the killings of 17 Christians by Fulani militias last week.
Six of the victims were children. The youngest, Isreal Mahan, was only one year old.
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“The so-called bandits who carried out the abduction are working hand in hand with elements of Ansaru, an al-Qaeda affiliated group operating mainly in the north west,” journalist @SKefason told CSI.
It's being reported that churches are being torched and Christians attacked in #Mangu, #Plateau State. This is happening as @SecBlinken arrives in #Nigeria for talks. It's exactly a month since the brutal #Christmas Eve attacks in Plateau.
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Up to 20,000 people are reportedly homeless following brutal attacks on Christian villagers in central #Nigeria’s #Plateau State over Christmas.
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A huge blow to #RhodaJatau's supporters and defense team as Bauchi High Court rejects her bid to have the #blasphemy charges against her thrown out.
CSI will continue to press for her release.
#freeRhoda
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The Bauchi High Court has set November 27 as the date for ruling on a “no-case submission” in the trial of Rhoda Jatau.
#freeRhoda
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Rhoda Ya’u Jatau, a Christian from Bauchi State, is approaching her 500th day in prison where she awaits the continuation of her trial for alleged #blasphemy. Court hearings in her case are repeatedly postponed.
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A wave of attacks on Christian settlements in Nigeria’s Middle Belt in recent weeks show the government's inability or unwillingness to stamp out religious persecution.
#middlebelt#christians
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The court ruling in the case of an 18-year-old #convert to #Christianity sends a signal that the fundamental right to change religion must be guaranteed in #Nigeria, even in those states that enforce #Islamic law.
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