VOA慢速英語：博科圣地組織的攻擊以人類生命為代價（中文導讀）
中文導讀：人權(quán)監(jiān)察站稱，博科圣地組織在今年上半年殺死了2000多人，該組織的攻擊行為犯了反人道罪。記錄表明他們在70個鄉(xiāng)鎮(zhèn)發(fā)動了95次攻擊。大多數(shù)攻擊發(fā)生在尼日利亞東北部，今年4月份，他們在此地大概綁架了276名女學生。今年炸彈爆炸事件頻發(fā)，其中還包括自殺性爆炸。而尼日利亞保安部隊也濫用職權(quán)，非法拘留，點燃房屋，殺害支持博科圣地組織的嫌疑人等。尼日利亞政府應該保護人們免受博科圣地組織的傷害，也應該保護人們免受尼日利亞保安部隊濫用職權(quán)所造成的傷害。
Human Rights Watch says the Nigerian rebel groupBoko Haram has killed more than 2,000 people in thefirst six months of this year. It says the group’s attacksare crimes against humanity.
Corinne Dufka is West Africa director of Human RightsWatch. She says Boko Haram is making war againstthe people of northeastern Nigeria. She says thisaggression is causing what she calls “a staggeringhuman cost.”
“We have documented 95 attacks on 70 towns andvillages.”
She said most of the attacks happened in northeastern Nigeria. Boko Haramkidnapped an estimated 276 schoolgirls from that area in April.
Boko Haram has also carried out attacks in the capital, Abuja.
Ms. Dufka says her group used media reports and information from humanrights groups and others to confirm that Boko Haram has caused more than2,000 deaths since January.
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“We analyzed these reports looking at, again, credible reports of morgueworkers, local officials, civilians, witnesses, who had seen the bodies buriedor registered. And we came up with this figure, which is probablyconservative.”
She says the attacks have greatly increased since a state of emergency wasdeclared in three northern states. The emergency conditions took effect inBorno, Adamawa and Yobe states in May, 2013.
Human Rights Watch says there has been a sharp increase this year indeaths from bomb explosions, including suicide bombings.
Ms. Dufka says the attacks should be considered crimes against humanity. She said the crimes include murder, torture, rape and other actions done aspart of what Human Rights Watch calls a widespread or systematic attack.
“And we believe that the nature of these attacks -- the similarity, the organizednature in which they’re being committed -- suggest that they really are crimesagainst humanity.”
One of Boko Haram’s actions included kidnapping the schoolgirls from thetown of Chibok. Human Rights Watch says there have also been manyattacks on schools where male students were killed. In February, an attack on the Federal Government College in Yobe State killed 59 boys.
Ms. Dufka says Human Rights Watch and other groups also have confirmedabuses by Nigerian security forces. It says they include use of unreasonableforce, detentions without charge, the burning of homes, and killing suspectedBoko Haram supporters.
“The government of Nigeria, regardless of how egregious these attacks are --they have to abide by international law when responding tothem.”
She says the Nigerian government must not only protect the population fromBoko Haram. She says Nigeria must also protect against security forces thatmay operate outside the law.
I’m Christopher Cruise.
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