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Frederica Wilson: We stand to remember the nearly 300 Chibok girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014--2 years ago--from…

On the recordApril 14, 2016
We stand to remember the nearly 300 Chibok girls who were kidnapped by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014--2 years ago--from their school in Nigeria. Mr. Speaker, Boko Haram has no regard for human life, and it is wreaking havoc on the citizens of northern Nigeria. As Boko Haram commits acts of genocide that will take generations to recover from, the world stays silent. Their daily horrors include killing Christians, killing Muslims who do not agree with them, beheading and slaughtering boys, kidnapping and raping women and girls, selling them as sex slaves, and using them as suicide bombers. Human trafficking is their specialty. Boko Haram believes that Western education is sin. We will never forget the schoolgirls. We will never forget the Chibok girls. We will tweet, wear red, and we look for them no matter how long it takes. We will never give up until we find them. Let us bow our heads in a moment of silence. ____________________
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Frederica Wilson
Democratic · Florida
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Apr 14, 2016

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