Women displaced by Boko Haram violence residing at the IDP camp yola, are briefed before other women and children rescued from Boko Haram in Sambisa forest by Nigeria Military arrive at the Internally displaced people's camp in Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria May 2, 2015. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
UN Human Rights Chief, Zeid Al-Hussein, has appealed to Nigerian AUTHORITIES to ease abortion restrictions for women and girls who had been sexually enslaved, raped and forced into so-called “marriages” by Boko Haram fighters.
He said this on Thursday in New York while discussing with the Human Rights Council on Boko Haram’s rights violations and abuses, the findings of a 12-member team to Cameroon, southern Niger and the north-eastern regions of Nigeria on Boko Haram.
Al-Hussein said interviews hadCONFIRMED that during their captivity lasting for months or even years, women and girls were sexually enslaved, raped and forced into marriages. The Rights group chief said as aRESULT of this, many survivors of the horrific experiences are now pregnant for their rapists.
Al-Hussein also drew attention to the situation of many formerly captive women and young girls, who are pregnant and their reported wish to terminate these unwanted pregnancies. “I note that abortion is legal in Nigeria only when the life of the woman is at risk. Human rights mechanisms have consistently called for ensuring access to safe abortion services beyond thePROTECTION of the woman’s life, including in cases of rape, and to preserve the health of the woman,” he said, punchng reportd.
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