Nigerian women protest recent killings
Several hundred women dressed in long black dresses are marching in downtown Jos to protest the recent slaughter of more than 200 people including dozens of children in several mostly Christian villages nearby.
An Associated Press reporter saw the women Thursday waving Bibles and crosses made out of scrap lumber.
The International Committee of the Red Cross and the Nigerian Red Cross say that they are distributing food and water to nearly 5,000 people who have taken refuge in various police stations and to some 300 detainees.
Nearly 3,000 people have fled from Jos to camps in the neighboring state of Bauchi after the violence, ICRC says.
At least 200 people, most of them Christians, were slaughtered on Sunday in several villages near Jos, according to residents, aid groups and journalists.
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Protest expresses relatively overt reaction to events or situations: sometimes in favor, though more often opposed. Protesters may organize a protest as a way of publicly and forcefully making their opinions heard in an attempt to influence public opinion or government policy, or may undertake direct action in an attempt to directly enact desired changes themselves.[1]
Self-expression can, in theory, in practice or in appearance, be restricted[2] by governmental policy, economic circumstances, religious orthodoxy, social structures, or media monopoly. When such restrictions occur, opposition may spill over into other areas such as culture, the streets or emigration.
A protest can itself sometimes be the subject of a counter-protest. In such a case, counter-protesters demonstrate their support for the person, policy, action, etc. that is the subject of the original protest.
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