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Older people have suffered in unique ways from the conflict that has raged for almost a decade in Northeast Nigeria, with many starved or slaughtered in their homes or left to languish and die in squalid, unlawful military detention, Amnesty International said in a new report today.

The 67-page report, “My heart is in pain”: (https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr44/3376/2020/en/) shows how both Boko Haram and the Nigerian military have committed atrocities against older women and men, with nobody held to account. It also focuses on how displaced older people are consistently overlooked by the humanitarian response.

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Based on research from Amnesty International:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/afr44/3376/2020/en/

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