(Adnkronos) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights today appealed to the Nigerian authorities, urging them “to take all necessary legal measures” to end mass kidnappings in the country. “We urge the Nigerian authorities at all levels to take all necessary legal measures to put an end to these heinous attacks and bring those responsible to justice,” High Commissioner spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan told the press, inviting Abuja to “conduct swift, impartial and effective investigations” into these kidnappings.
Nigeria, UN appeal: authorities to adopt all legal measures to end kidnappings
Related Posts
Nikkei Briefly Plunges Over 2,200 Points in Morning
Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 stock average briefly plummeted over 2,200 points Thursday morning as semiconductor-related issues met with heavy selling following overnight falls in U.S. peers. At 10:13 a.m., the index of 225 major issues listed on the
Susumu Tonegawa, 1st Japanese Nobel Medicine Laureate, Dies at 86
Tokyo, July 16 (Jiji Press)–Susumu Tonegawa, the first Japanese laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, died on Saturday at the age of 86, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to which he belonged, announced Thursday. Tonegawa, from the central Japan
