SEHRB, Intersociety allege killings, torture in South-East

By Chinedu Adonu
ENUGU — A coalition of human rights organisations has called for an independent investigation into alleged killings, torture, enforced disappearances, secret burials and deaths in custody linked to security operations in South-East Nigeria.

The coalition, comprising the South-East Human Rights Bureau (SEHRB), Oganihu Igbo Development Foundation and the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety), also demanded a probe into reports of unidentified bodies in mortuaries in Imo State.

Addressing a joint press conference in Enugu on Saturday, the organisations alleged that some detainees had been subjected to prolonged detention without a...