human rights abuse

Deliberate Killing of Civilians Continues

Press Release published by on Thursday, June 11, 2009.

The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) can confirm that seven
more civilians were killed in cold blood on Tuesday, June 9, 2009 by the soldiers of
the military Joint Task Force.

The seven comprising 4 children, 1 woman, an elderly man, and the boat driver were
shot without warning as they approached the JTF checkpoint mounted in the inland
waterway at Kangbene community in Delta state.

These individuals had been living inside the bush and only got help to move them to
Warri refugee camps when they were killed.

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Extra Judicial Killing Caught on Tape

Press Release published by on Monday, June 15, 2009.

Amnesty International,
Human Rights Watch,
International Court of Justice,
President Jimmy Carter,
US Senator Russ Feingold:

Sir / Madam:

You must have seen the tape of a callous extra judicial killing on two brothers
recently in the Niger Delta. This practice is done with impunity and denied by the
Nigerian army and government.

No day passes without an incident such as what you have witnessed.

The wanton destruction of property and indiscriminate bombing of civilians by the
ill-trained military can best be left to your imagination.

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