They Didn't Know if I Was Alive or Dead

A Human Rights Watch report on military detention of children suspected of being involved with Boko Haram in Nigeria

Thousands of children suspected, often on very dubious evidence, of being somehow involved with Boko Haram, are being held in miserable conditions in a military barracks in Giwa, Nigeria. Human Rights Watch has just issued this report recommending that Nigeria sign a UN handover protocol and transfer the kids immediately to child protection authorities to be reintegrated into their communities.