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| Welcome to Bleeding Republic of Nigeria: A land flowing with Blood and Tears |
Executive Summary:
Introduction: This Special Report (Welcome to Bleeding Republic of Nigeria: A
Land Flowing with Blood and Tears)
is a compilation of widespread human rights abuses in Nigeria in the past 20
months of the four-year tenure of the central
Government of Retired Major Gen Muhammadu Buhari; covering 1st June 2015 to 31st January 2017. The
Report is majorly focused on Civil and Political Rights; which is
one of the four internationally existing generations of human rights. These
fundamental liberties include citizens’ constitutional and legal rights as well
as regional and international rights provided in Sections 33-46 of Nigeria’s
1999 Constitution and several regional and international legal and rights
instruments or treaties accepted and assented to by the Federal Republic of
Nigeria.
