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At least 2,000 women have been abducted by Boko Haram, detained in prisons and houses and subjected to forced marriage, stonings and sexual slavery, according to a report that berates Nigerias dismal security situation.
The Amnesty International report based on more than 150 witness accounts charges the Islamist militants with the deaths of more than 5,500 civilians and paints the most detailed picture yet of the oppression inflicted upon young women.
Boko Haram members should be brought to justice over war crimes such as rapes, sexual slavery and other forms of sexual violence, according to the Amnesty study, published a year after the group abducted 276 schoolgirls from a secondary school in Chibok.
Soon after taking control of a town, militants implemented restrictions of movement, particularly on women, the report says. Failure to attend daily prayers was punishable by public flogging.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/boko-haram-has-abducted-raped-and-enslaved-2000-women-in-reign-of-terror-10174152.html