{"id":427715,"date":"2017-10-11T20:06:39","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T20:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/11\/boko-haram-convicts-jailed-for-eight-years\/"},"modified":"2017-10-11T20:06:39","modified_gmt":"2017-10-11T20:06:39","slug":"boko-haram-convicts-jailed-for-eight-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/11\/boko-haram-convicts-jailed-for-eight-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram convicts \u2018jailed for eight years\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-reactid=\".1josslms1ds.4.0.0.1.0.0.0.1.0.0.$k59de406ce4b0df0fea8c2d60.3.0.0\">\n<p>About 20 people have so been found guilty in Nigeria for involvement with the Islamist militant Boko Haram group at closed-door trials taking place at a military facility in Kainji in north-central Niger state, a source has told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>They have been sentenced to between five and eight years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The trials started on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1,600 Boko Haram suspects are to be tried in the coming weeks with a further 5,000 people after that.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier today, Amnesty International said the secretive proceedings were denying the suspects the right to a fair court process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 20 people have so been found guilty in Nigeria for involvement with the Islamist militant Boko Haram group at closed-door trials taking place at a military facility in Kainji in north-central Niger state, a source has told the BBC. 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