Nigeria rights body to present findings on abortion allegations against military


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  • Friday, 08 Nov 2024

FILE PHOTO: Nigerian military secure the area where a man was killed by suspected militants during an attack around Polo area of Maiduguri, Nigeria February 16, 2019. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde/File Photo

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's human rights commission will on Friday deliver its findings from an investigation into Reuters reports, which found the military ran a secret, systematic and illegal abortion programme and massacred children in its fight against Islamist insurgents in the northeast.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), which is appointed by the government, established a special panel in February 2023 to investigate the findings published by Reuters and conducted hearings in the capital Abuja and northeastern Borno state.

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