AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL'S LUCY FREEMAN:
Nigerian authorities must not use the state of emergency imposed in the north of the country as an excuse to commit human rights violations, Amnesty International urged today as the military continued its assault on Islamist armed group Boko Haram.

Several people have reportedly been killed and hundreds arrested since a state of emergency was declared in the northern states of Adamawa, Borno and Yobe on 14 May. The military reportedly claim those targeted are suspected members of Boko Haram.

Some 2,400 people have fled the region for neighbouring Niger, according to a statement released on Tuesday by the International Committee of the Red Cross.

"Issues of national security and the state of emergency do not give the military carte blanche to do whatever they want," said Lucy Freeman, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for Africa.

“The onus is on the state to prove that they are not using an emergency as justification to run roughshod over people’s human rights.

”Over the past three years, Amnesty International documented grave human rights violations committed by security forces in their response to Boko Haram, including extra-judicial executions, enforced disappearances, indiscriminate torching of civilian housing and arbitrary detention.

In recent weeks, residents of Borno state in northern Nigeria have told Amnesty International that mass arrests in the state capital Maiduguri have increased.

Detainees continue to be denied access to lawyers and families and are not being charged with any crimes or brought before a court. Many people have spent more than a year in military detention without being tried or even charged with any crimes. Others have simply disappeared.

Individuals in military vehicles have been depositing bodies on an almost daily basis at mortuaries in the town. The government does not appear to carry out any investigation into these deaths, and has not released any information pertaining to those deceased and deposited at the mortuaries.

"The government must immediately launch a full and effective investigation into the many recent deaths and disappearances in Borno state, including looking closely at how dead individuals end up in the back of military vehicles,” said Lucy Freeman.

Many people have fled their homes, with some areas of the city gradually becoming ‘ghost towns.’  Public schools have closed as parents are too scared to send their children to school.

A dusk-to-dawn curfew has been imposed in some areas, which the Special Advisor to the President on Public Affairs said would facilitate house-to-house searches.

Over the past two years, Amnesty International has received consistent accounts from witnesses who have seen people summarily executed outside their homes by soldiers during operations in the area, including house searches.

"Given the history of human rights violations by the security forces during house-to house-searches, any escalation of such operations is extremely concerning," said Lucy Freeman.

"The security forces appear to have repeatedly used firearms against people when there is no imminent threat of death or serious injury." The Special Advisor added that the curfew would mean only “troublemakers or those that want to confront the military” would break the curfew, and that those people “will be dealt with summarily”.

"The Special Advisor seems to suggest a ‘shoot on sight’ approach to anyone who breaks the curfew," said Lucy Freeman.

“Whatever the emergency, a state can never derogate from the fundamental principle of the presumption of innocence.

"The Nigerian government has rarely carried out investigations into allegations of human rights violations by the security forces.

"President Goodluck Jonathan must order the military to respect human rights and the rule of law The military is not above the law," said Lucy Freeman.

"The government has an obligation to ensure the safety of all Nigerians, firstly by addressing the attacks from Boko Haram, but also by eliminating the human rights violations carried out by the very state security forces who are supposed to provide protection.

http://www.amnesty.org/en/news/nigeria-state-emergency-2013-05-22

Rubbish, no body is innocent in the north, make una allow our soldiers concentrate i use God beg una, alll this useless amnesty internation, abi na amnesty plc wey be subsidiary of buhari, make una just park well, all this una every rant, una for tell buhari and shekau since wen dem dey dare our commander in chief, now bros don talk no going back,

Sojo make una rideon abeg, shoot then ask the dead body question

^^^
You're right though but Amnesty International just wants to be 'Politically Correct' by doing their job of protecting human rights. Other than that and in my opinion, casualties are always an unavoidable outcome in a state of war whether civillian or military.

All i want is just one bullet for this Lucy Freeman. Thats all.

Make she too become casualty abi

Bigcake: All i want is just one bullet for this Lucy Freeman. Thats all.

is it not the same amnesty international that aired that fake video and claimed that it was Nigerian military dumping innocent bodies. Only for Reuters to come out openly to apologize that the video was captured in sierra leone civil war. some times these people just wanna be relevant and end up being the ignorant ones. nonsense, where's there proof

chris365: is it not the same amnesty international that aired that fake video and claimed that it was Nigerian military dumping innocent bodies. Only for Reuters to come out openly to apologize that the video was captured in sierra leone civil war. some times these people just wanna be relevant and end up being the ignorant ones. nonsense, where's there proof

Its clear you're not happy with the situation??

Hello
Okay...
I had/have an acutely sick patient to manage (close to me) but I have read upto 200 posts, your earliest ones
Give me time to read 50 posts for each year from 2014 to 2018, then you will have it, my assessment of your person, by tomorrow
I do not have access to my NL email account, or would have responded
"See" you soon
Cheers

merahki:
Hello
Okay...
I had/have an acutely sick patient to manage (close to me) but I have read upto 200 posts, your earliest ones
Give me time to read 50 posts for each year from 2014 to 2018, then you will have it, my assessment of your person, by tomorrow
I do not have access to my NL email account, or would have responded
"See" you soon
Cheers

Uhm okay, tomorrow is a date then. Don't stand me up Doc.
"See" you soon.

crackhaus:

Uhm okay, tomorrow is a date then. Don't stand me up Doc.
"See" you soon.

Hello
This has been overtaken by events (Had to manage one of my most treasured people in the world. That, with work kept me from this)

Anyway, here goes-
You are traditional in beliefs and desires
For all your "dawgness" I do not think you really like playing around, you would make a faithful partner I guess
You secretly are revolted by premarital sex and sexual intimacy (this could come from your Pentecostal Christian background?). In other words your love language is not physical intimacy.

You had true feelings for a lorretta here, that is the only person that you felt a real romantic thing with, NLandwise.
I hope you did not lose that female family friend of yours who was in a coma?
This paragraph exposes a real vulnerable side to you

You are very intelligent (and like researching, however I do not know if it is for you, or if it is to argue with, knowing stuff that is?) I liked your thoughts on amalgamation. You can be kind too, in your early, at most mid 30s, I think you are physically beautiful (you look like a tall person with long limbs, and I am sure your face is fine, half of it is already).

You don't do tribal/ethnic identity much? It took a lot of reads before I found out you are Bini, Edo (is this even a tribe?),Etsako?, Ishan, etc, well from Edo/Old Bendel. I think you do not know how to speak your language well.

You must be quiet off line. I say this because of the sheer volume of your posts. This must surely be in contrast to your "real life" words? I am somehow very sure of this (shrugs).

I have a grouse (mine shaa, so it does not matter at all). You are not very sensuous or is it sensual? I imagine that when one does not want to kiss mouthlips, they would also starve other parts. So I am thinking you may not be a generous and adventurous lover, to your partners. I would always shove my face into any AC around me (off or on) just to inhale as much of that AC smell that I can get, I run out into the rain to smell the earth (petrichor), I can miss a class or work for coffee and maybe a kiss, so you see why I have a grouse. But it is not about self- involved me, is it?

The very many different types of battle of the sexes? ( I am astounded at the vigour people, including you use to do this). Well to me they are unnecessary and filled with hypocrisy- most of us would not be the partners we desire for our loved ones/blood relatives/friends for instance).
The soo many fights, eishhh
So much that people have stopped looking at, and treating stories for their individual values. The menfolk band together, likewise the females, almost exclusively! Where are the human beings? Lol.

I am a bit too self- involved to try and read other people, but I tried in this case, so that is something, yes? So what is my score? Did I get my assessment? Or did I fail woefully?

Finally I am sorry "I stood you up", after making a promise, it was unavoidable (even though I am not very "reliable", I constantly beg off dates and appointments (with lies if necessary) when I can get away with doing so.) However in this case my excuse is true.
I told you I had a sick relative, and you did not acknowledge it, I know I felt like punching you a bit!!! Okay more than a bit
Cheers
(edited)

merahki:


Hello
This has been overtaken by events (Had to manage one of my most treasured people in the world. That, with work kept me from this)

Okay I'll start with an apology. I definitely interpreted "patient" literally and didn't even give thought to the idea that you might have meant it figuratively.

Anyway, here goes-
You are traditional in beliefs and desires
For all your "dawgness" I do not think you really like playing around, you would make a faithful partner I guess
You secretly are revolted by premarital sex and sexual intimacy (this could come from your Pentecostal Christian background?). In other words your love language is not physical intimacy.

I don't like playing around ONLY because it stresses me out, I consider women a handful (not in a sexist way please).
Physical intimacy & premarital sex? Well I wouldn't say I'm "revolted" by it, this is too strong a classification.

You had true feelings for a lorretta here, that is the only person that you felt a real romantic thing with, NLandwise.
I hope you did not lose that female family friend of yours who was in a coma?
This paragraph exposes a real vulnerable side to you

Hmmmm, real feelings.. Well no comment on that, if I still know her very well, she might already be peeping or still get to see this.
Old history anyway, dead & buried.

She came out of the coma, we didn't lose her.

You are very intelligent (and like researching, however I do not know if it is for you, or if it is to argue with, knowing stuff that is?) I liked your thoughts on amalgamation. You can be kind too, in your early, at most mid 30s, I think you are physically beautiful (you look like a tall person with long limbs, and I am sure your face is fine, half of it is already).

Lol, researching is always for me.. though it becomes helpful when time comes to argue. Either way, I have learnt something by doing the research. I read a lot too, anything & everything.

Physically beautiful, wow thanks even if it's just what you think.
I feel cheated though, you've seen half of my face and I've seen not an inch of yours. How do we balance out this tilted scale? Let's figure something out ASAP.
Right on the age range BTW.

You don't do tribal/ethnic identity much? It took a lot of reads before I found out you are Bini, Edo (is this even a tribe?),Etsako?, Ishan, etc, well from Edo/Old Bendel. I think you do not know how to speak your language well.

Yea well, my default state of mind is ethnicity-neutral. I don't see ethnicity in people, so I guess my mental projection of this state of mind automatically makes me come off the same. You wouldn't believe this, but I've been mistaken for Yoruba, Igbo, and weirdly Hausa.
Sometimes when I speak Pidgin, I get taken for someone from Delta. Even when I'm in my own state (Edo), neutral people can't tell if I'm Bini or Esan. By some crazy act of nature though, the only people that usually guess my tribe correctly are usually my own people (Esan) and at other times, Bini people.
I'm not a fluent speaker of my dialect, my upbringing was strictly English..I hear perfectly (both Esan & Bini) and can communicate in them modestly.

You must be quiet off line. I say this because of the sheer volume of your posts. This must surely be in contrast to your "real life" words? I am somehow very sure of this (shrugs).

Why are you shrugging?

I am quiet ONLY around strangers, reserved around most people, and a chatterbox around anyone who spends at least 7hrs a day with me (this includes friends, family, work colleagues, and dates).

I have a grouse (mine shaa, so it does not matter at all). You are not very sensuous or is it sensual? I imagine that when one does not want to kiss mouthlips, they would also starve other parts. So I am thinking you may not be a generous and adventurous lover, to your partners. I would always shove my face into any AC around me (off or on) just to inhale as much of that AC smell that I can get, I run out into the rain to smell the earth (petrichor), I can miss a class or work for coffee and maybe a kiss, so you see why I have a grouse. But it is not about self- involved me, is it?

This is probably the only assessment so far you got wrong.
I am too sensual for my own good. Being an adventurous lover is probably why I can't seem to shake off some exes who still linger.
Anyway, summarily this part was scored a 2 on a scale of 1 - 10.

The very many battle of the sexes? ( I am astounded at the vigour people, including you use to do this). Well to me they are unnecessary and filled with hypocrisy- most of us would not be the partners we desire for our loved ones/blood relatives/friends for instance).
The soo many fights, eishhh
So much that people have stopped looking at, and treating stories for their individual values. The menfolk band together, likewise the females, almost exclusively! Where are the human beings? Lol.

It was/is all for the fun and show-value Merah. Sometimes, I just love getting under the skin of those ladies here.

I am a bit too self- involved to try and read other people, but I tried in this case, so that is something, yes? So what is my score? Did I get my assessment? Or did I fail woefully?

Oh dear, your assessment was very much a pass. I now even feel weirdly exposed and unusually flattered that you actually did as you said you would. I think I just got a little bit more attracted to you for the effort.

Finally I am sorry "I stood you up", after making a promise, it was unavoidable (even though I am not very "reliable", I constantly beg off dates and appointments (with lies if necessary) when I can get away with doing so.) However in this case my excuse is true.
I told you I had a sick relative, and you did not acknowledge it, I know I felt like punching you a bit!!! Okay more than a bit
Cheers
(edited)

Apology accepted for standing me up, but in all fairness, my post history isn't a walk in the park. I thought for a second you were going to give up on this.

Again, I'm really sorry about not taking note of your figurative tone. "Patient" to me as at the time I read it seemed literal. How is your sick relative now, I hope he/she is doing better ?
I deserved the punch, and it won't be a bad idea feeling it physically ONLY because I want to laugh at how harmless it will be.

I just read your post, and will respond tomorrow. I am almost literally sleep-typing this now, and I am going to learn how to do the break-edit-type thing that you did, so I can "talk" better.
Sleep good, and "see" you on Sunday

merahki:
I just read your post, and will respond tomorrow. I am almost literally sleep-typing this now, and I am going to learn how to do the break-edit-type thing that you did, so I can "talk" better.
Sleep good, and "see" you on Sunday

Hello moncat...

About "talking" better, I have a better idea - we should have our cell numbers exchanged, this makes the back & forth easier and a lot more straight forward. Let me know if this works for you, I hope it does.

Sunday's almost done BTW, don't tell me you're standing me up second time in a row...

crackhaus:

Hello moncat...

About "talking" better, I have a better idea - we should have our cell numbers exchanged, this makes the back & forth easier and a lot more straight forward. Let me know if this works for you, I hope it does.

Sunday's almost done BTW, don't tell me you're standing me up second time in a row...

Merah/moncat the unreliable, my apologies
I did not think you were on yesterday so I got lazy, good morning
I don't know how to do break-editing (my word for how you replied me) so will just type as I remember the points

I am glad I failed my sensuality assessment of you!
You are mostly quiet and then become a chatterbox with close ones, that is jes like me. I am often perceived as unfriendly (have heard arrogant) too, but I am just mostly shy. But around people I am close to, sometimes I give them ulcers, from talking too much

You already know what I look like
I sound like gravel mixed with iron and brass so no phone numbers. But more seriously I have only the one number, and I do not use it casually (well, not over cyber space)
Just send an email? I tried to send one, I don't know if I did it right?

By the way, you are welcome (about your looks) and my relative is much better, thank you for asking
Okay then/Cheers
(edited)

merahki:



Merah/moncat the unreliable, my apologies
I did not think you were on yesterday so I got lazy, good morning
I don't know how to do break-editing (my word for how you replied me) so will just type as I remember the points

I am glad I failed my sensuality assessment of you!
You are mostly quiet and then become a chatterbox with close ones, that is jes like me. I am often perceived as unfriendly (have heard arrogant) too, but I am just mostly shy. But around people I am close to, sometimes I give them ulcers, from talking too much

You already know what I look like
I sound like gravel mixed with iron and brass so no phone numbers. But more seriously I have only the one number, and I do not use it casually (well, not over cyber space)
Just send an email? I tried to send one, I don't know if I did it right?

By the way, you are welcome (about your looks) and my relative is much better, thank you for asking
Okay then/Cheers
(edited)

I know what you look like?
I hope you're not making reference to what a cat & a monkey would look like together

I've responded to your mail, did so just now.
As for sounding like gravel, I wasn't going to mind until you gave a second "more genuine" excuse about not giving the one number out so casually over the web.. yea, more genuine I still don't mind the gravel tone anyway, but fair enough.

Good evening...

(edited)
Please could you remove my email from your post?
Thank you

Done.