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Compensation sought for rights abuses

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    The chairman of Nigeria’s Human Rights Violations Investigation Commission has recommended monetary compensation for victims of rights abuses in the country, PANA reported.

    Retired judge Chukwudifu Oputa suggested the establishment of a fund, to be backed by the international community, for compensation. Several people who have appeared before the commission demanded reparations. Most of them said they had suffered under the regime of the late General Sani Abacha.

    The panel is hearing 150 cases and is modelled on South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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