BREAKING: Following reports that terrorists have killed three abducted Kaduna varsity students, SERAP is calling on @mbachelet @UNHumanRights to appoint an envoy to visit Nigeria to investigate the mounting attacks on students, teachers and their families across the country.
The killing of these students is a grim reminder of the horrific toll that the violence and insecurity across Nigeria is having on children and their education.
The attacks on students are increasing, and Nigerian authorities are unwilling or unable to stop the attacks.
The attacks on students are increasing, and Nigerian authorities are unwilling or unable to stop the attacks.
The authorities have refused to promptly and effectively investigate reports of attacks on students, teachers and their families, to prosecute the terrorists and their sponsors, and to provide effective remedies to victims.
We are calling on @mbachelet @UNHumanRights to appoint a country rapporteur to examine the growing attacks on students, teachers and their families, and the authorities’ failure to prevent the attacks and hold perpetrators and their sponsors to account.
#StandUp4HumanRights
#StandUp4HumanRights
We urge @mbachelet @UNHumanRights @UN_SPExperts to publicly condemn the continuing insecurity and attacks on students in the country, and to urge Nigerian authorities to ensure the safety and security of students, and to promptly secure the safe release of all abducted students.
We also urge @mbachelet to prevail on the Nigerian authorities to urgently protect schools across the country, carry out a credible investigation on the abduction and killing of the Greenfield students, and ensure that those responsible for these atrocities are held to account.
The killing of students and attacks on educational facilities constitute serious violations of the Nigerian Constitution 1999 [as amended] and international human rights law.
@NigeriaGov @NGFSecretariat need to do more to ensure that children can study safely.
@NigeriaGov @NGFSecretariat need to do more to ensure that children can study safely.
The authorities should deter further attacks, and secure Nigerian children’s right to education.
Some unspecified numbers of students and a staff of the Greenfield University, Kasarami in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State were abducted by gunmen on Tuesday night.
Some unspecified numbers of students and a staff of the Greenfield University, Kasarami in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State were abducted by gunmen on Tuesday night.
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