Amnesty International has released a report that details what the girls have been forced to do once being kidnapped by the infamous Boko Haram group.
These victims have been forced to perform terrible duties such as becoming sex slaves, and even being trained to fight as a part of the group.
Amnesty International has managed to talk to 200 witnesses, of which 98 were women who managed to escape the confines of Boko Haram. The organisation has compiled a 90-page report on what happens after the abduction titled, Our job is to shoot, slaughter and kill: Boko Haram’s reign of terror.
A 15-year-old boy from Bama, spared by Boko Haram due to his disability told Amnesty International that he had witnessed 10 people being stoned to death.. “They stone them to death on Fridays,” he said. “They will gather all the children and ask them to stone. I participated in the stoning… They will dig a hole, bury all the body and stone the head. When the person dies, they will leave the stones until the body decays.”
The countless Boko Haram attacks have caused tension and distrust between Christians and Muslims, according to Amnesty International.
“The abducted must be rescued, war crimes and crimes against humanity must be investigated,” said Salil Shetty, Amnesty International’s secretary general.
“Men and women, boys and girls, Christians and Muslims, have been killed, abducted and brutalised by Boko Haram during a reign of terror which has affected millions. Recent military successes might spell the beginning of the end for Boko Haram, but there is a huge amount to be done to protect civilians, resolve the humanitarian crisis and begin the healing process.”
The organisation said since the abductions began in 2014, the group has abducted more than 2 000 women and girls.
