One Year Since the Kidnappings, #BringBackOurGirls Still Matters

[niyad]

One Year Since the Kidnappings, #BringBackOurGirls Still Matters


In April of 2014, almost 300 Nigerian schoolgirls were kidnapped by the terrorist group Boko Haram. It’s been one year since the kidnappings and Nigeria still suffers at the hands of the militant group – and 219 of the girls are still missing.



Throughout the year, as the #BringBackOurGirls digital campaign slowly lost media coverage, even more people were kidnapped in Nigeria. Boko Haram has caused chaos in parts of Nigeria – and 2,000 women and girls have been kidnapped since the beginning of last year, according to Amnesty International. Though last year about 50 of the original 300 schoolgirls who were kidnapped managed to escape. “Men and women, boys and girls, Christians and Muslims, have been killed, abducted and brutalized by Boko Haram during a reign of terror which has affected millions,” said Salil Shetty, secretary general of Amnesty International.

While the crisis isn’t over, that’s not to say efforts aren’t made. The Nigerian government accepted offers from the US, UK, France, and China to help in the crisis. And Nigerian activists fight daily for justice. Incoming president Muhammadu Burhari said Nigeria will “do everything in its power to bring [the girls] home” but warned he can’t “promise that [they] can find them.”

Many say the reason the previous president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, did not win reelection was due to his handling of Boko Haram – those who opposed his policies say he did not do enough to help bring back the kidnapped schoolgirls.

Progress has been made by military to stop Boko Haram’s terror, but the humanitarian crisis in Nigeria is far-reaching and has already hurt and killed too many. News last month came out that Nigerian troops had managed to drive Boko Haram militants from Bama in Borno State northeast Nigeria – an area occupied by the terrorist group since September of last year. To mark the one-year anniversary of the kidnappings, protests were held worldwide, including in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.

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http://feminist.org/blog/index.php/2015/04/16/one-year-since-the-kidnappings-bringbackourgirls-still-matters/

[Novara]

1. ....and nobody seems to care anymore.

Those poor girls. And their families.

[niyad]

2. they have, apparently, been forgotten by the world.

[guillaumeb]

3. they are not "important" enough

in politics to matter to the US. And THAT says a lot about our leaders.

Plus they are not "new" anymore for the media. And THAT says a lot about the corporate media, where commentary about HRC's hairstyles matter more than her positions, and victims of terrorism are not important when they are non-western and non-white.

[niyad]

4. you are correct about that.

[Novara]

5. You speak the sad truth

[AuntPatsy]

6. So many still crying out for help, we need to get angry, seems to motivate people more

[niyad]

7. and then people have the clueless nerve to ask why we are angry!!

[AuntPatsy]

9. they know why, they just choose to ignore the truth because they fear it...it's not pretty

What has occurred and still continues, by ignoring it they release themselves of the guilt they know is theirs like it or not..

[niyad]

8. . . .