Saturday, 30 January 2016

Biafra: Dutch lawyer files complaint against Buhari

– Dutch lawyer accused President Muhammadu Buhari of committing crimes against humanity
Biafra-protesters

Pro-Biafra protesters are demanding the release of their leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Dutch lawyer has filed a complaint against President Muhammadu Buhari at The Hague, accusing him of committing crimes against humanity, including murder and torture.
Newsweek reports that Goran Sluiter, a lawyer at Dutch human rights legal firm Prakken d’Oliveira, filed the complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Friday, January 29.
Speaking with journalists, Sluiter said that there has been “an intensification of violence and crimes committed against Biafrans since Mr Buhari became the Nigerian president.”
“Nigeria is already a long time on the agenda of the [ICC] prosecutor and Nigerian courts are not dealing at all with these crimes. The time really has come for the ICC to act.”
There have been numerous reports of pro-Biafra protesters being killed in clashes with Nigerian security forces during demonstrations.

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