Nigeria's Investigation Clears Military of Secret Abortion Allegations
The Nigerian human rights commission declared there is no evidence proving the military's deliberate attacks on women and children, nor the existence of a secret abortion program, contrary to previous allegations by Reuters focusing on Nigeria's northeast insurgency efforts.
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An investigation by Nigeria's human rights commission has concluded, finding no proof that the Nigerian military targeted women and children or operated a covert abortion program in its counter-insurgency activities in the northeast.
The probe was initiated based on a Reuters report from December 2022, which accused the military of clandestine and illegal abortions and child massacres in the region afflicted by a 15-year insurgency.
The Nigerian military has denied these allegations previously reported by the news agency.
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