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(48,121 posts) Tue May 6, 2014, 11:33 AM May 2014

UN says Boko Haram girls 'sale' could be crime against humanity

Geneva (AFP) - The UN human rights office warned Tuesday the threatened sale into slavery of hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists may constitute a crime against humanity.

"We are deeply concerned about the outrageous claims made in a video believed to be by the leader of Boko Haram in Nigeria yesterday, in which he brazenly says he will sell the abducted schoolgirls 'in the market' and 'marry them off', referring to them as 'slaves,'" said Rupert Colville, spokesman for UN rights chief Navi Pillay.

A total 276 students were kidnapped three weeks ago from their boarding school in Chibok, northern Nigeria. Several managed to escape but over 220 girls were still being held, according to police.

In a video obtained by AFP Monday, Boko Haram claimed the April 14 abduction and issued its threat, sparking international anger.

http://news.yahoo.com/un-says-boko-haram-girls-sale-could-crime-130145936.html

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Could? NV Whino May 2014 #1

Could be? gollygee May 2014 #2

What exactly did the UN do about Bush, Cheney, Blair, ets. and their crimes against malaise May 2014 #3

My mother used to say... HooptieWagon May 2014 #4

To do that would be very not PC. n/t oneshooter May 2014 #5

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

1. Could?

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Tue May 6, 2014, 11:34 AM

May 2014

Good god!

gollygee

(22,336 posts)

2. Could be?

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Tue May 6, 2014, 11:40 AM

May 2014

Like maybe it is, or maybe it's all OK?

OK, so that isn't fair. I'm sure the idea is, maybe it's just a crime against these particular girls and not systemic enough.

malaise

(269,054 posts)

3. What exactly did the UN do about Bush, Cheney, Blair, ets. and their crimes against

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Tue May 6, 2014, 11:53 AM

May 2014

humanity? Oh yes they fired Kofi Annan for standing up to the war criminals.

HooptieWagon

(17,064 posts)

4. My mother used to say...

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Tue May 6, 2014, 12:12 PM

May 2014

"There's steam that blows the whistle, and steam that turns the wheels".

IOW, this is just a bunch of hot air from the UN. They aren't going to do anything. The Boko Haram knows they'll be killed if captured anyway, how does a UN threat make them stop and think? Furthermore, among the list of crimes committed by Boko Haram, kidnapping and human trafficking probably ranks mid-list. I doubt they're worried, and they're probably laughing their asses off. Instead of making idle and useless threats, maybe the UN should actually be investing resources in capturing/killing Boko Haram?

oneshooter

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5. To do that would be very not PC. n/t

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Tue May 6, 2014, 12:24 PM

May 2014

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