USA Africa Dialogue Series - Fwd: Boko Haram Abducted 300 Children…A Year of Silence Followed

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Having trouble viewing this email? Click here. THE WEEK IN RIGHTS March 31, 2016 Follow us on:   A Year On, No Word on 300 Abducted Children in Nigeria Photo © 2015 Reuters Three hundred children have been missing for a year, and there has not been a word from the Nigerian government. The elementary school students were abducted by Islamic militant group Boko Haram when it was forced to flee the town of Damasak in March 2015. Damasak is the largest documented school abduction by Boko Haram militants. Yet it has drawn far less public attention than the group's widely condemned abduction of 276 school girls from a school in Chibok in April 2014, which inspired the international #BringBackOurGirls campaign. 219 girls are still missing from that abduction. It is not clear to what extent the Nigerian government has acted to secure the students' release, but it has anobligation under domestic and international law to take measures to protect its citizens from Boko Haram's serious human rights abuses. Read more » share on: Thailand's Absurd Sedition Charge for Red Bowl Photo This week, authorities arrested a57-year-old woman for posting her photo holding a red plastic bowl inscribed with Thai New Year greetings from former Prime Ministers. Sedition charges for a Facebook photo expressing symbolic support for Thailand's political opposition shows the military junta's utter disregard for peaceful dissent... See the Latest News in Asia »   share on: The US is Quietly Helping Saudi Arabia Wage a Devastating Aerial Campaign in Yemen One week before the Brussels terrorist attacks, a Saudi-led coalition bombed a market in Mastaba, Yemen. Although more people died in Mastaba than in Brussels — 106 versus 34 — the media and the international community in general ignored that earlier atrocity. The problem, however, is worse than inattention... See the Latest News in the Middle East/North Africa »   share on: In Louisiana Jails, with HIV and No Help Louisiana fails to provide basic HIV services to thousands of inmates in parish jails, endangering the health of individuals and the communities to which they return... See the Latest News in the United States >>   share on: VIDEO     Obstacles to Children Seeking Asylum in Mexico Watch Now » PHOTOS     Persecution of Gafatar Religious Group in Indonesia Click Here » TWEET OF THE WEEK #RefugeeCameras gave 1-time cameras to refugees; photos tell stories, reveal their humanity. bit.ly/1MW8miz Follow Bill Frelick » Thank you for supporting Human Rights Watch Follow us on: Home | Take Action | Donate | Privacy Unsubscribe Human Rights Watch 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor New York, NY 10118 USA Tel: 1 (212) 290-4700 | news@hrw.org

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