UN Human Rights Chief Condemns Boko Haram Attacks

The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights is condemning the recent deadly bomb attacks on churches by the radical Boko Haram group in Nigeria.

High Commissioner Navi Pillay says the violent acts may amount to crimes against humanity. Over the past week, scores of people have died in a wave of violence and killings, including suicide attacks on churches in Nigeria by the Boko Haram group. Some of the victims reportedly died in subsequent retaliatory attacks by Christian youths in the city of Kaduna and in clashes between security forces and protesting Muslims.

U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay condemns the repeated attacks by Boko Haram on places of worship and on religious freedom. Her spokesman, Rupert Colville, says she is very concerned about this extremist Muslim group’s attempts to stir sectarian tension and violence between two communities that have lived together peacefully for so long.