Nigeria believers face ‘brutal violence’

Luke Randall  |  World
Date posted:  10 Sep 2024
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Nigeria believers face ‘brutal violence’

Christians in Nigeria. Source: Wikimedia Commons

The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) has said, in a statement at the 56th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review in Geneva, Switzerland, that the Nigerian government must do more to protect Christians from the ‘brutal violence’ of extremist groups.

The WEA spoke of ‘patterns of repeated violence’ by extremist groups in Nigeria which are wiping out communities and displacing thousands. It called on the country’s government to do more to ‘disarm violent groups’ and ‘boost security’ in the nation.

It said the Nigerian government ‘has failed to prevent and protect civilians from the increase of brutal acts of violence of which many Nigerians are victims, but most particularly Christians, with impunity’.

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